Updated Numbers in Greylock School Vote

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The unofficial numbers for the school project debt exclusion vote have ticked up just a tad.  

 

They now stand at 1,450 yes to 1,315 no, a difference of 135 votes. 

 

A handful of provisional ballots are still to be confirmed but not enough to make any difference in the results. 

 

The turnout was 2,766 of the city's 9,872 registered voters, or 28 percent. City Clerk Tina Marie Leonesio said she was very happy with the numbers, noting the primaries lackluster showing of 12 percent. 

 

Unofficial Results

	YES	NO	BLANKS	TOTAL	VOTERS	PERCENT
WARD 1	280	336	0	616	2,040	30.20
WARD 2	269	243		513	2,045	25.09
WARD 3	217	187	0	404	1,664	24.28
WARD 4	406	298	0	704	2,107	33.41
WARD 5	278	251	0	529	2,016	26.24
	1,450	1,315	1	2,766	9,872	28.03

The narrow vote hearkens to a similar contentious debate back in 2013 over borrowing for the $30 million Colegrove Park school project. That passed by only 137 votes with 2,645 ballots cast. 

 

This week's vote saw 98 voters coming in to the clerk's office for early voting, compared to 11 in last month's primary. Leonesio said 1,540 ballots were mailed by request with a return of about 69 percent. 

 

There had been questions about signatures and inactive voters. The clerk said some ballots were returned without signatures on the outside envelope, less than one percent, and efforts were made to have these confirmed but some voters did not respond.