Dretler, Carty Win Board Seats: Sudbury Election Results

SUDBURY, MA — Sudbury residents voted on 17 positions for candidacy in town, with only one contested race in this year's annual election held on Monday, March 26. The polls were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The results:

PCT. 1, 1A, 2, and 5 vote at Fairbank Community Center, 40 Fairbank Road.

RESULTS/WINNERS ("W" denotes winner):

One Moderator – 3 Year Term

• Elizabeth T. Quirk - 1,796 votes (W)

Two members of the Board of Selectmen – 3 Year Terms

• Daniel Carty - 1,620 votes (W)
• Janie Wilson Dretler - 1,302 (W)
• William Joseph Schineller - 1,239

One member of the Board of Assessors – 3 Year Term

• Joshua Fox - 1,720 (W)

Two members of the Goodnow Library Trustees – 3 Year Terms

• Lily Gordon - 1,721 (W)
• Marie Royea - 1,650 (W)

One member of the Board of Health – 3 Year Term

• Linda Huet-Clayton - 1,654 (W)

One member of the Sudbury Housing Authority – 5 Year Term

• Theresa Layden - 1,605 votes (W)

Two members of the Park and Recreation Commission – 3 Year Terms

• Robert Beagan - 1,580 votes (W)
• James Marotta - 1,545 votes (W)

Two members of the Planning Board – 3 Year Terms

• Stephen Garvin - 1,553 votes (W)
• Nancy Ellen Kilcoyne - 1,517 votes (W)

One member of the Planning Board – 1 Year Term

• Charles Karustis - 1,586 votes (W)

Two members of the Sudbury School Committee – 3 Year Terms

• Lisa Kouchakdjian -1,392 (W)
• Jennifer Joy Jackson - 874
• Silvia Nerssessian - 1,589 (W)

Two members of the Lincoln Sudbury Regional School Committee – 3 Year Terms

• Carole Marie Kasper - 1,242 votes (W)

Click here to view the Specimen Ballot.

Votes for Write-In Candidates or sticker votes should have included the correct name and address of the candidates. However, courts have ruled that a vote should be counted whenever the intent of the voter can reasonably be determined, even if a voter omits the candidate’s address or makes a mistake in the name or address. If the intent of the voter can be determined with reasonable certainty from an inspection of the ballot, in the light of the generally known conditions attendant upon the election, effect must be given to that intent. This includes where a voter fails to complete the oval next to the write-in space—the write-in vote will still be counted.

Photo Credit: Amy Hirsch