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Home My WebLink About1998-11-03 State Election WarrantCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on October 22, 1998notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this State Election Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Precinct 4 Precinct 5 Precinct 6 Precinct 7 Precinct 8 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Arthur W. Coolidge, Middle School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting being not less than seven (7) days prior to November 3, 1998, the date set for the State Election in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading Daily Chronicle in the issue of October 22, 1998. A true copy. Attest: Cheryl Johnson, own Clerk 11 V t STATE ELECTION WARRANT (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex ss. To any of the Constables of the Town- of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs, to meet at the place designated for the eight precincts in said Town, namely: Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8A and 8B Hawkes Field House 62 Oakland Road TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1998 from 7:00 a.m. to-8:00 p.m. to cast their votes in the State Election for candidates of political parties for the following offices: GOVERNOR AND LT. GOVERNOR FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH TREASURER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH AUDITOR FOR THE COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 6th & 7th Congressional District COUNCILLOR 6th District SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT 3rd Middlesex District REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT 21st & 34th Middlesex District DISTRICT ATTORNEY Northern District SHERIFF..................................................................................................... Middlesex County NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTIONS #1 - Setting Compensation of State Legislators #2 - Public Campaign Financing #3 - Tax Rate on Interest and Dividend Income #4 - Electric Utility Industry Restructuring 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 21st Middlesex District 34th Middlesex District 6th District 3rd Middlesex District Precincts I & 813 Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8A Precincts 1, 2,.4, 6, 7, 8A & 813 Precincts 3 & 5 All Precincts All Precincts and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in each precinct of the Town not less than seven (7) days prior to November 3, 1998, the date set for the election in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town. Hereof fail not to make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said voting. George V. Hines BOARD OF SELECTMEN Given under our hands this 20th day of October, 1998 W. race MacDonald, Chai man 411"e-el Sally, Hoyt, Vice Chairman Matthew J. Ne tor, Secreta arinrlle W. Anthony A true copy. Attest: Cheryl Johnson, T own Clerk is C. Jones, onstable STATE ELECTION November 3, 1998 Pursuant to the Warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a State Election was held for all eight precincts at the Hawkes Field House. The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, Cheryl A. Johnson, when on motion of Harold Hulse, Precinct 2 , it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the Warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk. The ballot boxes were examined by the respective Wardens and each found to be empty and registered at 000. The Town Clerk declared the polls open at 7:00 A.M. and closed at 8:00 P.M., with the following results: 9,143 ballots (60% of registered voters) cast as follows: GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR - Vote for One Candidate Pet I Pet 2 Pet 3 Pet 4 Pet 5 Pct 6 Pet 7 Pet SA Pet 8B Total Cellucci and Swift 686 562 527 654 514 654 576 215 566 4954 Harshbarger and Tolman 488 462 447 525 441 493 497 - 146 398 3897 Cook and Israel 23 13 30, 15 32 18 15 4 19 169 All Others 0 2 1 1 4 6 3 0 1 18 Blanks 10 17 11 10 14 18 12 6 7 105 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 ATTORNEY GENERAL - Vote for One Candidate Pet 1 Pet 2 Pct 3 Pet 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pet 7 Pet SA Pet 8B Total Brad Bailey 496 432 393 491 391 478 421 150 367 3619 Thomas F. Reilly 676 591 595 674 586 676 651 209 592 5250 All Others 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 Blanks 34 32 26 39 28 34 30 12 31 266 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 S ECRETARY OF STAT E - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pet 2 Pet 3 Pct 4 Pet 5 Pet 6 Pet 7 Pet 8A Pct 8B Total William F. Galvin 729 693 645 734 647 733 717 211 600 5709 Dale C. Jenkins Jr. 364 271 290 357 274 348 282 127 304 2617 David L. Atkinson 41 33 37 35 32 35 34 9 27 283 All Others 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Blanks 72 59 44 78 52 73 69 24 60 531 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 TR EASUR ER -Vote for O ne Candidate Pet 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B . Total Bob Maginn 527 417 400 525 402 499 453 154 442 3819 Shannon P. O'Brien 583 560 527 572 526 589 567 179 470 4573 Merton B. Baker 21 23 31 21 22, 31 19 5 19 192 All Others 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Blanks 74 56 58 86 55 70 64 32 59 554 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 A UDITO R -Vote for One Candidate Pet 1 Pet 2 Pct 3 Pet 4 Pet 5 Pet 6 Pet 7 Pet 8A Pet 8B Total A. Joseph DeNucci 653 637 568 655 575 661 618 194 550 5111 Michael T. Duffy 410 317 322 422 326 387 373 125 325 3007 Carla A. Howell 69 48 77 55 54 73 39 19 53, 487 All Others 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 2 Blanks 74 54 49 73 50 67 73 33 63 536 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 REP IN CON GRESS 6TH DIST. - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pet 2 Pet 3 Pct 4 Pet 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pet 8A Pet 813 Total John F. Tierney 580 482 1062 Peter G. Torkildsen 572 464 1036 Randal C. Fritz 25 25 50 All Others 0 0 0 Blanks- 30 20 50 Total 1207 991 2198 REP IN CONGRESS 7TH DIST. - Vote for One Candidate Pet 1 Pet 2 Pct 3 Pet 4 Pet 5 Pet 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Edward J. Markey 683 614 721 649 730 698 211 4306 Patricia H. Long 338 372 427 328 416 365 146 2392 All Others 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 Blanks 34 30 57 27 41 40 14 243 Total 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 6945 COUNCILLOR -Vote for One Candidate Pet 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Michael J. Callahan 744 686 661 713 633 765 721 230 602 5755 All Others 2 7 3 3 4 2 2 0 2 25 Blanks 461, 363 352, 489 368 422 380, 141 , 387, 3363 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 SENATOR IN GENE RAL COURT - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pet 3 Pet 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pet 8A Pet 8B Total Richard R. Tim 919 790 729 886 717 891 788 245 715 6680 All Others 5 4 4 5 3 3 9 0 2 35 Blanks 283 262, 283, 314, 285 295 306 126 274 2428 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103, 371 991 9143 REP IN GENERAL COURT - 21ST :MIDDL ESEX - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pet 4 Pet 5 t 7 Pct 8A Pet 8B Total Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 884 771 856 778 246 722 5120 All Others 2 4 7 1 8 0 1 28 Blanks 321 281, 342, 317, 125, 268, 1974 Total 1207 10561 1 1205 1031 371 991 7122 REP I N GEN ERAL COURT - 34th MIDDL ESEX - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Paul C. Case 585 588 1173 William B. O'Leary 340 337 677 All Others 0 0 0 Blanks 911 1 80 171 Total 10161 1 1005 2021 DISTRICT ATTORNEY - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Martha Coakley 685 638 640 704 619 732 698 203 618 5537 Lee Johnson 422 344 311 406 308 379 325 131 301 2927 All Others 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .0 4 Blanks 99 73 65 95 78 77 79 37 72 675 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 SHERIF F - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total James V. DiPaola 762 716 669 740 649 785 717 234 621 5893 All Others 3 2 3 5 6 3 5 0 2 29 Blanks 442 338, 344 460 350 401 381 137 368 3221 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 . 371 991 9143 N ORTHEAST R EG. YO KE - R EADING - Vote-for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 811 Total Robert S. McCarthy 423 382 375 514 336 , 408 371 118 356 3283 Marjorie T. Pacino 587 515 479 498 504 594 528 181 462 4348 All Others 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 Blanks 197 158 162 193 165 187 201 72 172 1507 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 NORTHEAST R EG. VO KE - WOBURN - Vote for One Candidate Pct 1 Pct 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Deborah P. Davis 699 643 621 635 571 699 618 206 546 5238 All Others 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 1 5 17 Blanks 507, 413 394 568 431 489 482 164 440 3888 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 QUESTION 1: SETTING COMPENSATION OF STATE LEGISLATORS Pct 1 Pct 2 Pet 3 Pet 4 Pet 5 Pct 6 Pet 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Yes 780 721 653 761 665 789 743 216 638 5966 No 354 271 297 385 288 353 297 112 308 2665 Blanks 73 64 , 66, 59 52 47 63 43 45 512 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 .1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 QUESTION 2: PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING Pct 1 Pet 2 Pet 3 Pet 4 Pct 5 Pet 6 . Pet 7 Pct 8A Pet 8B Total Yes 696 674 612 717 648 738 686 204 587 3562 No 404 289 324 415 287 .366 323 124 338 2870 Blanks 107 , 93, 80, 73, 70 85 94 43 66 711 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 , 1189 1103 371 991 9143 QUESTION 3: TAX RATE ON INTEREST AND DIVIDEND INCOME Pct 1 Pet 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pet 6 Pet 7 Pct 8A Pct 8B Total Yes 975 830 808 1001 780 956 869 270 800 7289 No 146 143 140 132 146 167 147 67 133 1221 Blanks 86, 83 , 68 , 72 79 66 87 34 58 633 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 QUESTION 4: ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING Pct 1 Pet 2 Pct 3 Pct 4 Pct 5 Pct 6 Pct 7 Pct 8A Pet 8B Total Yes 746 654 632 764 615 716 707 233 636 5703 No 396 349 333 389 333 407 324 102 317 2950 Blanks 65 53, 51 , 52, 57 66 72 36 38 490 Total 1207 1056 1016 1205 1005 1189 1103 371 991 9143 A true copy. Attest: -1q Phery'l"A, ohnson, awn Clerk