Town Clerk Sandra Burgess (standing) distributes ballots with 2 names on them
Town Clerk Sandra Burgess held a special election in Town Hall this evening whereby a 4-4 tie vote from the March 31st election was broken by a vote of current Town Meeting members to elect the 24th member to represent Precinct 5.
Amherst has 10 precincts with 24 members per precinct.
Current Precinct 5 Town Meeting members
Interestingly 13 of the 23 members (54%) showed up for the 5 minute election. Nina Wishengrad won a narrow decision 7-6 over Mark Kelly. In the March 31st election a whopping (sarcasm) 7.5% of Amherst voters bothered to turn out.
Town Meeting starts April 27 and drones on until all 30 articles are acted upon.
2 comments:
Do all the precincts now have 24 Town Meeting members? In the election, there were some precincts with fewer candidates than open seats.
Please note how often, town-wide, incumbent candidates (or those with past experience in TM) win over newcomers.
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