Category Archives: Elections

This from John Nunnari –

HOUSE SETS DATE FOR SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE WINSLOW
A special election to replace former Rep. Daniel Winslow in the 9th Norfolk House district will be held on Jan. 7, 2014, the House ordered on Monday. Less than half way through his second two-year term, Winslow resigned over the weekend, leaving his former House district unrepresented to take a position as vice president and general counsel at Rimini Street, a Las-Vegas-based global provider of “enterprise software support services.” The Norfolk Republican delivered his farewell address to colleagues last week during his final session as a member of the House. During that session, he cast a vote to repeal the sales tax on software design services. After the House adopted the special election order, Secretary of State William Galvin announced primaries in the special election will be held on Dec.10 and that potential candidates will have until Oct. 29 to submit at least 150 nomination signatures to local officials for certification. The district includes Norfolk, Plainville, Wrentham, one precinct in Walpole, one precinct in Millis, and two precincts in Medfield

Town Clerk,  Carol Mayer, told me that the Medfield League of Women Voters donated to the town three election banners, one of which hung across Main Street by the railroad tracks this past week.  The other two banners are for the annual town meeting (ATM) and the town elections.

State voter turn out = 27%

Medfield turn out – 37%

Massachusetts special election for US senator today.  Medfield polls at The Center are open until 8 PM.

BTW, Medfield always seems to open its polls at 6 AM, and hour earlier than others.

I voted before going to work this morning, and I was surprised that there was a steady stream of voters when I was there around 8 AM, making me guess that Medfield will exceed the 15% turnout projected statewide.  15% for us would be about 1,200 voters.

Town Clerk Carol Mayer had set up a slick system to handle the two elections at once that we are doing today, both the state primary and the town election on the DPW’s new garage.  I felt badly for Carol, as we left the annual town meeting (ATM) around 11 PM last night, and she probably opened the polls at 6 AM.

When I arrived, John Harney was the stalwart sole sign holder at the entrance to The Center, with a sign for Stephen Lynch.  I am glad that John has such beautiful weather, which is not the case for our usual town elections at the end of March.  One year I recall that I was glad it was cold enough that it snowed, as if it had been five degrees warmer and had rained instead, then I would have gotten really, really cold.

Joe Kennedy is going to be in Medfield again this Sunday night, 5:45pm at the Noon Hill Grille

Joe is going to be stopping by the Blue Moon Cafe (236 Main Street) this SUNDAY – October 28^th  at 11:30am.