The official numbers, courtesy of the Town Clerk’s office, are below and displayed as follows:
Candidate, District 1 votes, District 2 votes, District 3 votes, Total votes
MODERATOR, 1 YEAR
Douglas Cox 239 232 290 761
Lawrin Crispe 278 254 247 779
LISTER, 3 YEARS
J Eric Annis 413 418 425 1256
SELECTBOARD, 3 YEARS
Ben Spoon Agave 180 234 251 665
Kate O’Connor 359 298 328 985
Declared Write-In: Josh Steele, 7
SELECTBOARD, 1 YEAR (elect 2)
John Allen 268 234 208 710
David Cadran 54 99 103 256
Ian Kiehle 176 173 215 564
Phil Kramer 114 111 109 334
Donna L Macomber 147 194 193 534
David Schoales 206 165 209 580
FIRST CONSTABLE, 1 YEAR
Steven R Rowell 435 429 448 1312
SECOND CONSTABLE, 1 YEAR
Richard H Cooke 418 426 436 1280
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, 3 YEARS
Marshall Wheelock 439 438 449 1326
SCHOOL DIRECTOR, 3 YEARS
Jill Stahl Tyler 421 404 415 1240
SCHOOL DIRECTOR 1 YEAR (elect 2)
David Schoales 383 387 395 1165
Mark Truhan 344 335 359 1038
BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS, 3 YEARS (elect 2)
Robert Woodworth 442 419 459 1320
DISTRICT 1
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 3 YEARS (elect 16)
Robert Bady 284
Hugh Bronson 365
Peter A Cooper 346
Lawrin Crispe 379
Katherine N Dowd 368
Robert S Fagelson 371
R Michael Fairchild 313
Elwin Hamilton 331
Prudence MacKinney 329
George G Roberge Jr 322
Declared Write-In: Walter Slowinski, 16 ; Daniel Kasnitz, 3 ; Paula Melton, 6 ; Kate Anderson, 4 ; Zephyr Ethier, 4 ; Lissa Weinmann, 1 .
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 2 YEARS (elect 1)
Declared Write-In: Lissa Weinmann, 0.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 1 YEAR (elect 2)
Declared Write-In: Greg Worden, 4; Kate Anderson, 0; Lissa Weinmann, 0.
DISTRICT 2
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 3 YEARS (elect 15)
J Eric Annis 343
Carolee G Blouin 341
Joe Bushey 322
Kurt Daims 291
Ann Darling 330
Lisa A Johnson 322
Sylvia P Lyon 319
Robert Tortolani 404
Francine Vallario 302
Josh Steele 298
Dana B Sprague 380
Marshall Wheelock 391
Declared Write-In: Jacqueline Stromberg, 3
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 2 YEARS (elect 2)
There were no declared write-in candidates for this race.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 1 YEAR (elect 5)
George Reed-Savory 399
DISTRICT 3
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 3 YEARS (elect 15)
Ben Spoon Agave 382
Philip B Chapman 290
Thomas Finnell 286
Betsy Gentile 384
Veronica ” Ronny” Johnson 372
Elizabeth “Liz” McLoughlin 281
Roger G Miller 337
Dennis Newman 237
Frederic Noyes 285
Sandra J Page 287
William “Bill” T Penniman 277
Leo Schiff 309
David L Sullivan 268
Jim Verzino 240
Declared Write-In: Lucinda Cuthbertson, 15; Richard Perra, 3; Holland Mills, 9; George Anthes, 2.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 2 YEARS (elect 4)
Bill Pearson 420
Declared Write-In: George Anthes, 1.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, 1 YEARS (elect 1)
Timothy J O’Connor Jr 476
VOTER TURNOUT
DISTRICT 1- 2,842 eligible, 552 voted = 19%
DISTRICT 2 – 2,649 eligible, 549 voted = 21%
DISTRICT 3- 2,762 eligible, 599 voted = 22%
TOTAL- 8,253 eligible, 1,700 voted = 21%
EARLY BALLOTS
Processed 138, Returned 133
24% of total votes in district 1
Processed 97, Returned 89
16% of total votes in district 2
Processed 184, Returned 178
30% of total votes in district 3
Processed 419, Returned 400
24% of TOTAL votes
My vote wasn't counted
As expected, and for the first time in my life as a voter, some of my votes were not counted.
As I expressed to the Charter Change Committee, Town Clerk, Town Meeting Reps, State Reps and Secretary of State, I was worried that the new charter change would mean that my write-in votes might be thrown away.
I wrote in Martha O’Connor for a District 3 rep as a test. I saw her at the polls, told her I wrote her in, asked her to go register with the Town Clerk who was just feet away, reminded her that my vote wouldn’t be counted if she failed to register, and told the Town Clerk that I had just done this and hoped that O’Connor would be listed so my vote would indeed be counted.
She chose not to register and my vote was denied. There is no vote for Martha O’Connor in the above list, but there is a ballot with a vote for her. It’s as if no one voted for her at all, but that’s not true. She got a vote.
Any one else cast votes that were not recorded?
a non vote
I wrote in Ian Bigelow for the 3 year Selectboard seat on an early ballot. My vote didn’t count.
Write-In For Ian Bigelow
Last I heard (which, admittedly, was some time ago), Ian Bigelow did not live in Brattleboro. He’s well-known about town and has in the past received a handful of write-ins for the Selectboard, but I believe it’s been some time since he’s been a resident.
Charter Change on Write-Ins
If you write someone’s name in for elected Town Meeting Representative, it’s best to talk with them first to ascertain if they are interested in serving.
Only if they actually decided to serve will votes written in for them be counted, because according to the new charter, a write-in candidate must notify the Town Clerk before the polls close on the day of voting in order for votes cast for them to be counted.
So if you want your write-in vote to count, make sure your candidate has either already let the Town Clerk know of their candidacy, or plans to do so before the polls close.