HomeMy WebLinkAboutPrimary Report 2016 2016 STATE PRIMARY ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
On Thursday, September 8, 2016, the 2016 State Primary Election was held at the Nantucket
High School, 10 Surfside Road, Nantucket, MA. 02554. It was called on a Warrant by the
Board of Selectmen on August 3, 2016, and duly posted on August 4, 2016 by Constable
Catherine Flanagan Stover. At the close of registration on August 19th, there were 8868
registered voters:
At 5:30 AM, 3000 each of sealed and unmarked regular Republican and Democratic ballots, and
100 each of Libertarian and Green Rainbow Party ballots were delivered to the polls by Warden
Frank Psaradelis. At 6:15 AM, the Warden and Town Clerk inspected the Accu-Vote 2000
ballot box and it proved to be empty. At 6:40 AM, a zero ballot report was printed, signed and
posted. At 6:45 AM, the elections officers were sworn in by the Town Clerk.
At 7:00 AM, the Warden announced to all that the polls were open. The Deputy Ward Clerk
delivered ballots to the check-in Inspectors. Officers Amanda Schwenk and Michael Mastriano
from the NPD reported for duty.
Additional blocks of 200 ballots at a time were dispensed throughout the day.
[Town Clerk's note: The voting machine registered 169 voters at 10:12 AM. This number did
not include the one ballot rejected by the machine, nor the sixty-one absentee ballots]
At 12:00 PM, the Deputy Clerk and Warden inspected and read each name and address listed on
all absentee ballot envelopes received, for a total of sixty-five (65). [There were five (5) absentee
ballots that had arrived from the Town Clerk’s office.] The names were marked off on the
absentee-voter master list. The inspectors marked the names on the voters' check-in and check-
out lists. The absentee ballots were put through the ballot machine. Any machine-rejected
ballots were placed in the side compartment for hand-counting at the end of the night.
[Town Clerk's note: The voting machine registered 338 voters at 1:25 PM. This number did
not include the one ballot rejected by the machine.]
Throughout the day there were nine (9) spoiled ballots. They were marked with an “X”, and
placed in an envelope marked “Spoiled Ballots.” The envelope was sealed at the close of the
election.
There was a great deal of confusion and frustration on the part of the voters. It is suspected that
many were voting in a Primary for the first time and didn’t grasp the concept of a primary. They
couldn’t understand why all candidates’ names weren’t on the ballot that they selected. As there
was a local candidate, and many people turning out in support of him, they were confused when
they found out that he was going to be on the November ballot.
At 4:00 PM Officer Christopher Kelly from NPD reported for duty.
At 7:00 PM Officers John Muir and Bryan Jackson from NPD reported for duty. They remained
until the ballots were secured.
At 8:00 PM, the Warden announced to one and all that the polls were closed. Those who were in
line were allowed to cast their vote.
Announced as such, preliminary totals were printed, signed and posted at 8:15 PM.
At 8:02 PM, the election tellers were sworn in by the Town Clerk. Sorting for write-ins and
hand-counting of two (2) machine-rejected ballots commenced. The necessary adjustments to
the preliminary totals were entered onto the tally sheets. At 8:51 PM, the 2016 State Primary
Election results were announced as follows:
DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS
Representative in Congress:
KEATING, WILLIAM 600 ballots
Blanks: 105 ballots
Write-ins: 7 ballots
Councillor:
FERREIRA, JOSEPH 518 ballots
Blanks: 194 ballots
Write-ins: 0 ballots
Senator in General Court:
CYR, JULIAN 338 ballots
LYONS, SHEILA 230 ballots
MANNAL, BRIAN 57 ballots
Blanks: 82 ballots
Write-ins: 5 ballots
Representative in General Court:
FERNANDES, DYLAN 272 ballots
HEYLIN, MICHAEL 9 ballots
HOPKINS, EWELL 44 ballots
LAMBERT, JESSICA 39 ballots
SOVERINO, TIMOTHY 284 ballots
Write-ins: Tobias Glidden 42 ballots
Blanks: 21 ballots
Write-ins: 1 ballots
Sheriff:
PERELMAN, JAMES 688 ballots
Blanks: 18 ballots
Write-ins: 6 ballots
REPUBLICAN BALLOTS
Representative in Congress:
ALLIEGRO, MARK 60 ballots
O’MALLEY, THOMAS 76 ballots
Blanks: 12 ballots
Write-ins: 3 ballots
Councillor:
Blanks: 130 ballots
Write-ins: 21 ballots
Senator in General Court:
CROCKER, JAMES 62 ballots
SCHIAVI, ANTHONY 79 ballots
Blanks: 8 ballots
Write-ins: 2 ballots
Representative in General Court:
Blanks: 127 ballots
Write-ins: 24 ballots
Sheriff:
Write-ins: James Perelman 58 ballots
Blanks: 89 ballots
Write-ins: 4 ballots
GREEN RAINBOW BALLOTS
Representative in Congress: Blanks: 1 ballots
Write-ins: 3 ballots
Councillor: Blanks: 3 ballots
Write-ins: 1 ballots
Senator in General Court: Blanks: 3 ballots
Write-ins: 1 ballots
Representative in General Court: Blanks: 2 ballots
Write-ins: 2 ballots
Sheriff: Blanks 1 ballots
Write-ins: 3 ballots
UNITED INDEPENDENT PARTY BALLOTS
Representative in Congress:
Blanks: 0 ballots
Write-ins: 5 ballots
Councillor: Blanks: 3 ballots
Write-ins: 2 ballots
Senator in General Court: Blanks: 3 ballots
Write-ins: 2 ballots
Representative in General Court: Blanks: 2 ballots
Write-ins: 3 ballots
Sheriff:
Blanks: 2 ballots
Write-ins: 3 ballots
TOTAL BALLOTS CAST:
8868 Registered Voters
872 Ballots cast
9.7 % Percentage voting
All unmarked, unvoted ballots were sealed in a box by Warden Frank Psaradelis.
After the tallying, all election materials were sealed in envelopes and boxes. Voted and marked
ballots were secured in ballot transfer cases, and locked.
Catherine Flanagan Stover, CMC, CMMC
Town Clerk
Election Record – September 8, 2016 State Primary Election