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Home My WebLink About1996-11-05 State Election WarrantSTATE 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 election, to meet in the following 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 on TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1996 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: ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH U.S. SENATOR FOR THE COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Congressional District, 6th & 7th Middlesex COUNCILLOR Councillor District, 6th Middlesex, all precincts SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT Senatorial District, 3rd Middlesex, all precincts REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Representative District, 21st & 34th Middlesex REGISTER OF PROBATE County, Middlesex, all precincts COUNTY TREASURER County, Middlesex, all precincts COUNTY COMMISSIONER County, Middlesex, all precincts SHERIFF County, Middlesex, all precincts NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT .........County, Middlesex, all precincts Sixth Middlesex District Precincts 1 & 8B Seventh Middlesex District Precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8A 21st Middlesex District Precincts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8A & 8B 34th Middlesex District Precincts 3 & 5 QUESTIONS #1 - Changing the Trapping and Hunting Laws 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 5, 1996 the date set for the election in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town at least seven (7) days prior to the time of holding ;said meeting. 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 election. Given under our hands this 15th day of October, 1996. George V. Hines, Chairman Camille W..Anthony, Vice Chairman W. ce MacDonald, Secreta C r tx- Daniel A. Ensminger Sally M. yt BOARD OF SELECTMEN A true copy: Attest: `sue-r- Cheryl . Johnson; _ own Clerk COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, or4g/ notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections, 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 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street Precinct 2 Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street Precinct 3 Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 5 Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Precinct 8 Arthur W. Coolidge, Middle School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting not less than seven (7) days prior to November 5, 1996, 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 Chronicle in the issue of October 22, 1996. A true opy Attest -Z Or -Xhe'ryl A,..ohnsdn; To )4P Clerk William J. H on able STATE ELECTION November 5, 1996 Pursuant to the Warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a State Election washeld 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 Barbara Takach, Warden, Precinct 1, 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 emptied and registered at-O-. The Town Clerk declared the polls open at 7:00 a.m. and closed at 8:00 p.m., with the following results: 12,061 ballots (81.7% of registered voters) cast as follows: ELECTORS OF PRES IDENT AND VICE PRESIDEN T - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Browne and Jorgensen 12 12 11 9 18 14 20 2 7 105 Clinton and Gore 817 834 789 819 832 874 847 222 740 6774 Dole and Kemp 572 420 395 638 443 534 465 157 449 4073 a elin and Tompkins 2 2 5 2 3 2 . 3 0 3 22 Moorehead and LaRiva 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 erot and Choate 135 134 103 95 106 128 119 28 85 933 All Others 3 6 7 2 7 3 9 0 0 37 - Tanks t- 10 16 T 10 14 15 18 11 1 16 111 Total 1553 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12,061 SENATO R IN CONGRESS - Vote for Une _ Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 r4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A jr 8B Total Ker John F 687 704 652 706 677 731 730 174 612 5673 . William F. Weld 820 663 617 822 694 800 695 224 641 5976 Gallagher Susan C 33 35 39 40 42 32 40 10 40 311 . Stowe Robert C 2 5 4 1 4 3 0 0 1 20 . All Others 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Blanks 10 17 8 10 8 7 9 2 6 77 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 REPR ESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 6th District - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Peter G. Torkildsen 814 607 1421 John F. Tierney 637 593 1230 Randal C. Fritz 8 11 19 Benjamin A. Gatchell 12 8 20 Martin J. McNulty 8 10 18 Orin Smith 4 4 8 All Others 1 1 2 Planks 68 66 134 Total 1552 1300 2852 REPR ESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 7th District - Vote for One Pr I Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr8B Total Edward J. Markey 923 844 900 874 959 920 230 5650 _ Patricia H. Lon 434 426 614 479 538 483 156 3130 All Others 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 Blanks 66 49 65 72 76 70 24 422 Total 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 . 410 9208 CO UNCIL LOR - Vote for O ne Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr SA Pr 8B Total Dorothy A. Kell Gay 902 885 832 865 828 955 845 240 766 7118 All Others 7 5 4 1 5 8 12 0 1 43 Planks 643 535 484 713 593 611 617 170 533 4899 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12 060 SENA TOR IN GENERAL COURT 3rd Midd lesex - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Richard R.Tisei 1107 1019 942 1152 978 1130 980 276 889 8473 All Others 2 5 2 1 4 9 14 1 4 42 Blanks 443 401 376 426 444 435 480, 133 407, 3545 Total 1552, 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 REP IN GEN ERAL COURT 21st Middlesex Dist. - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 845 687 870 776 726 207 640 4751 George C. Chi Hines 602 641 612 695 637 169 563 3919 All Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Blanks 105 97 97 103 111 34 95 642 Total 1552 1425 1579 1574 1474 410 1300 9314 REP IN GEN ERAL COURT (34th M iddlesex Dist. - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Paul C. Case 852 862 1714 All Others 5 8 13 Planks 463 556 1019 Total 1320 1426 2746 REGISTER OF PROBATE - Vote for One - Pr I Pr-2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 F7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Donna M. Lambert 669 546 514 702 560 666 600 166 542 4965 Robert B. Antonelli 625 668 615 608 635 679 598 186 540 5154 All Others 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 Blanks 258 210 191 269 230 228 275 57 217 1935 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 , 1474 410 1300, 12060 COUN TY TREASURER - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 813 Total James E. Fahey, Jr. 870 860 820 835 806 921 828 238 742 6920 All Others 4 2 1 0 7 3 3 0 2 22 Blanks 678 563 499 744 613 650 643 172 556 5118 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 CO UNTY COMMISSION ER - Vote for Two Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr :5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Thomas J. Larkin 650 639 584 591 637 694 638 148 550 5131 Anthony G. Marino 615 499 437 674 502 586 501 178 496 4488 Edward J. Sullivan 369 442 435 382 458 421 415 106 334 3362 Jerry Ven row 243 214 196 321 229 290 229 58 183 1963 All Others 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 Blanks 1227 1056 985 1190 1026 1157 1163 330 1037 9171 Total 3104 2850 2640 3158 2852 3148 2948 820 2600 24 120 SHERIFF - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 813 Total Brad Bailey 801 682 608 858 700 798 718 206 637 6008 James V. DiPaola 595 603 573 548 579 626 570 161 514 4769 All Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Blanks 156 140 139 173 146 150 186 43 148 1281 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 , 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. (Chelsea)- Votefor One ~ Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Michael T. Wall 755 719 727 728 695 773 699 200 644 5940 , 1 All Others Blanks Total 1 796 1552 1 705 1425 0 593 1320 0 851 1579 3 728 1426 2 799 1574 3 772 1474 1 209 *A410 2 654 1300 131 6107; 12060'1 NE.. RE G. VOC. SCHOO L COMM. Malden -Vote for One Pr l Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Earl W. Fitzpatrick 455 440 425 410 411 428 387 141 365 3462 Brian F. O'Boyle 299 326 274 306 275 317 296 76 245 2414 All Others 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 798 659 620 863 739 829 789 193 689 6179 =Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300, 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. elrose -Vote for One Pr l Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total William C. Mahone 736 742 672 686 651 736 692 209 599 5723 All Others 0 1 1 0 1 0 1. 0 1 5 lanks 816 682 647 893 774 838 781 201 700 6332 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. No. Readin - Vote for One Pr l Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Paul L. Sweeney 773 760 715 726 709 789 713 215 646 6046 All Others 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 7 Blanks 778 665 605 852 714 785 760 195 653 6007 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. Readin -Vote for One Pr l Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total John B.Pacino 968 930 856 985 884 1031 927 253 832 7666 All Others 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 4 13 Blanks 583 494 463 594 538 542 546 157 464 4381 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOO L COMM. (Revere) - Vote for O ne Pr l Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total . Ronald J. Jannino 683 669 628 617 596 688 628 185 570 5264 All Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 Blanks 869 756 692 962 829 886 845 224 729 6792 11 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N .E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. Stoneham - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Anthony E. DeTesco All Others 724 0 716 0 667 0 674 0 636 1 728 0 666 1 200 3 611 2 5622 7 Blanks 828 709 653 905 789 846 807 207 687 6431 Total 1552 1425 1320 15791 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. (San us -Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 , Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total PPf Pr A RnccPtti 696 685 646 622 599 700 646 191 573 5358 All Others 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 Blanks 855 740 674 957 824 874 827 218 726 6695 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. akefield -Vote for One Pr l Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Vincent 7. Carisella 718 721 662 645 640 723 656 198 598 5561 All Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 Tanks 834 704 658 934 785 851 816 212 701 6495 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. R EG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. inch ester - Vote for One Pr I Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Maura A. Looney 708 698 640 664 599 725 674 196 582 5486 All. Others 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 Tanks 843 727 680 915 826 849 799 214 717 6570 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. Winthro - Vote for One Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total James G. Wallace 644 644 615 570 566 657 595 175 511 4977 All Others 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 7 Blanks 908 781 705 1009 858, 917 878 232 788 7076 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 N.E. REG. VOC. SCHOOL COMM. oburn - Vote for One Pr I Pr 2 _r3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Thomas A. Shaughnessy 670 689 653 632 621 691 640 190 536L_5322._ All Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 Blanks 882 736 667 947 804 883 833 219 __i63733 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 ;_12~)(Q QUESTION 1 - LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETI'T'ION Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate of the House of Representatives before May 1, 1996? SUMMARY This proposed law would prohibit the use of certain traps for fur-bearing mammals, prohibit certain methods of hunting bear or bobcat, and eliminates some restrictions on who may serve on the State Fisheries and Wildlife - Board. The proposed law would prohibit the use, setting, manufacture, or possession of any trap to capture fur-bearing mammals, except common mouse and rat traps, nets, and box or cage traps that confine a whole animal without grasping any part of it. Traps designed to grip an animal's body or body part, such as steel jaw leghold traps, padded leghold traps, and snares, would be prohibited. Federal and State health officials could use such traps in case of a threat to human health or safety. Where a property owner had reasonably tried but failed to correct an animal problem on the property using a legal trap, the owner could apply for and the state Director of Fisheries and Wildlife could issue a permit to use a prohibited type of trap, except a leghold trap, for up to 30 days to correct the problem. A person violating any of these requirements could be punished by a fine of between $300 and $1000, or im- prisonment for up to 6 months, or both, for each prohibited trap and each day of violation. A person convicted for a second violation would be required to surrender, and could never again obtain, any trapping license or problem animal control permit. The proposed law would also prohibit the pursuit or hunting of bear or bobcat with the aid of a dog or dogs. Hunting bear using any type of bait, lure, or attraction, or knowingly hunting bear in a baited area, would also be prohibited. The Director could allow the use of dogs or bait in legitimate scientific research projects and in order to control particular animals that posed a threat to human safety or that destroyed livestock, property, or crops. Violators could be punished by a fine of between $300 and $1000, or imprisonment for up to 6 months, or both, for each violation. A person convicted for a second violation would be required to surrender, and could never again obtain, any hunting and dog training licenses and permits. The proposed law would eliminate the requirement that five members of the state Fisheries and Wildlife Board have held sporting licenses in the state for five consecutive years and that four members represent fishing, hunting, and trapping interests. The proposed law states that if any of its provisions were declared invalid, the other provisions would remain in effect. A YES VOTE would prohibit the use of certain traps for fur-bearing mammals, prohibit certain methods of hunting bear or bobcat and eliminate some restrictions on who may serve on the Fisheries and Wildlife Board. A NO VOTE would make no change in the trapping or hunting laws, and would retain restrictions on who may serve on the Fisheries and Wildlife Board. Pr 1 Pr 2 Pr 3 Pr 4 Pr 5 Pr 6 Pr 7 Pr 8A Pr 8B Total Yes 943 869 799 888 862 927 865 206 718 7077 No 456 415 375 441 389 421 399 115 407 3418 Tanks 153 141 146 250 175 226 210 89 174 1565 Total 1552 1425 1320 1579 1426 1574 1474 410 1300 12060 A true copy. Attf:3+: Chery!..A. John~or,, Town Clerk