13% Turnout - Town Election Results - Apr 12 2011

By all accounts, turnout for Tuesday’s election was extremely light. Out of 20,159 registered voters, only 2,793 voters participated in the election for a turnout of 13 percent. By the afternoon, poll workers at precincts G and H reported seeing few Needhamites at the polls.

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“The people who are coming out are mostly an older crowd,” another worker added. “We usually see a lot of younger people come out early so they can vote before work, but we haven’t seen that at all.”

Read more: Low turnout, expected results for town election - Needham, Massachusetts - Needham Times

Full vote counts/totals are at the Needham Patch.

For SCHOOL COMMITTEE:
Kim-Marie Nicols (1,515) elected and Michael Greis (1,874) were re-elected

For PLANNING BOARD
Bruce Eisenhut (1,389) re-elected

Our friends in Precinct G, Katy Dirks (136) and Scott Muldoon (169), both were elected to Town Meeting (2 year and 3 year terms, respectively)!

Congratulations all!!



More coverage at Needham Patch.

From Needham Patch:

A total of 2,793 voters turned out for Tuesday's town election. Turnout by precinct was as follows:

• Precinct A (Hillside School), 168 votes (10th)

• Precinct B (Hillside School), 230 votes (8th)

• Precinct C (Newman School), 235 votes (7th)

• Precinct D (Newman School), 210 votes (9th)

• Precinct E (Pollard Middle School), 279 votes (FIFTH/6th TIE)

• Precinct F (Stephen Palmer Senior Center), 319 votes (FOURTH)

• Precinct G (Broadmeadow School), 357 votes (SECOND)

• Precinct H (Broadmeadow School), 394 votes (FIRST)

• Precinct I (Mitchell School), 322 votes (THIRD)

• Precinct J (Mitchell School), 279 votes (5th/6th TIE)