Framingham Election: 11 Voters in 13 Hours in Precinct 17

Tuesday was election day in Framingham, but few voters went to the polling places.

In total, only 7 percent of Framingham’s registered voters took a ballot - or 2,558 voters out of 35,814.

In Precinct 17, just 11 individuals voted in 13 hours (7 a.m. to 8 p.m.) It was the worst precinct voting record wise, with just 1 percent of its registered voters taking a ballot.

Precinct 11 had the most voters (267) - or a 10 percent turnout.

Precincts 2, 4, and 6 also had a 10 percent turnout of registered voters.

Below is the precinct-by-precinct breakdown, according to Framingham Town Clerk Valerie Mulvey:

• Precinct 1 - 216 voters or 8 percent of the registered voters
  
• Precinct 2 - 262 or 10 percent
  
• Precinct 3 - 147 or 6 percent
  
• Precinct 4 - 261 or 10 percent
  
• Precinct 5 - 227 or 9 percent
  
• Precinct 6 - 246 or 10 percent
  
• Precinct 7 - 201 or 9 percent
  
• Precinct 8 - 190 or 8 percent
  
• Precinct 9 - 91 or 5 percent
  
• Precinct 10 - 67 or 4 percent
  
• Precinct 11 - 267 or 10 percent
  
• Precinct 12 - 101 or 7 percent
  
• Precinct 13 - 91 or 5 percent
  
• Precinct 14 - 42 or 3 percent
  
• Precinct 15 - 77 or 5 percent
  
• Precinct 16 - 28 or 3 percent
  
• Precinct 17 - 11 or 1 percent
  
• Precinct 18 - 33 or 2 percent
  

Framingham re-elected Selectman Jason Smith and School Committee member Beverly Hugo. They also elected a new member to the 7-member Framingham School Committee - Jim Kelly.

There was a write-in campaign for one seat on the Keefe Technical School Committee, many uncontested town-wide races and more than half of the Town Meting races were won by write-in votes, too.