UPDATED: Framingham Town Election is 3 Weeks Away

The Framingham town election is 3 weeks away. Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 7.

There are a couple of races, and one ballot item with more seats than candidates.

There are three candidates vying for two 3-year terms on the Framingham School Committee.

School Committee member Andy Limeri announced last fall he would not seek re-election.

School Committee member Beverly Hugo is seeking re-election. The other two candidates are Scott Wadland and Jim Kelly.

There also will be a race for Framingham Selectmen. Selectman Jason Smith is running for re-election for another 3-year term. Town Meeting member Jim Pillsbury is challenging him for the seat.

There is no race for Framingham Planning Board. Both incumbents Stephanie Mercandetti and Thomas Mahoney are seeking re-election, and at the moment they have no challengers.

There are three seats up on the ballot for the Keefe Technical School Committee. However, only two incumbents are seeking re-election - James Cameau and John H Evans III.

Nelson H. Goldin has decided not to run for re-election.

No write-in candidates have emerged yet for Keefe Technical School Committee, as of March 13.

To win the seat, an person would need to receive a minimum of 50 votes in the April 7 Town Election, said Framingham Town Clerk Valerie Mulvey.

If no one receives a minimum of 50 votes, then an individual would need to be appointed to the open Keefe Technical School Committee seat. The rest of the Framingham members of the Keefe Technical School Committee plus the Framingham Selectmen would make the appointment, until the next election.

Also on the ballot seeking re-election, and running unopposed, are:

• Town Moderator Teri Banerjee
• Library Trustees Maria Barry, Eric Doherty, Nancy Coville Wallace, and Jan Harrington
• Edgell Grove Cemetery Trustees Kathleen Griffith and Peter Whiting

Voters will also elect Town Meeting members. Framingham has 18 precincts. Each precinct will elect 4 Town Meeting members for full terms, some precincts will elect Town Meeting members for partial terms.

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Originally posted at 2:35 a.m. Updated to fix error. Original report has Town Clerk Valerie Mulvey up for re-election. She is not up in 2015. Mulvey is up for re-election in 2017.