Vote For Susan: How High Will the Nov. 3 Numbers Be?

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ADAMS, Mass. —The Vote For Susan Project is hoping residents surpass past voter turnout numbers. 

In Adams, there have been more than 1,800 mail-in ballot requests for the upcoming presidential election. 
 
On Saturday afternoon, the first day of early voting, 70 people cast ballots at Town Hall. An additional 42 showed up on Sunday morning. There are another nine days of early voting after Monday and the actual election is on Nov. 3.
 
Local turnouts for the last four presidential elections have averaged 67.7 percent of registered voters and 4,045 votes cast.
  • In 2004 - 67 percent or 4,073 votes cast
  • In 2008 - 69.7 percent or 4,099 votes cast
  • In 2012 - 66 percent or 3,931votes cast 
  • In 2016 - 68 percent or 4,080 votes cast 
 
The number of the town's registered voters has climbed over 6,000, slightly higher than the 5,800 plus to 5,900 plus of recent years.  
 
According to a Vote For Susan press release:
 
"Could there be a record turnout in Adams in 2020?  Be sure to do your part - to fulfill your most important responsibility as a citizen but also to honor Susan B. Anthony in this anniversary year. Susan B. Couldn't.  But YOU Can.  VOTE!!"
 
The Vote For Susan project was created in 2017 in congruence with the Adams Suffrage Centennial Celebration that has largely been delayed due to COVID-19. The project encourages civic involvement.
 

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Adams Sees No Races So Far

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — With less than a week left before nomination papers are due, there are currently no contested seats.
 
Only selectman incumbent John Duval has returned papers. Selectman Howard Rosenberg has decided not to seek re-election. 
 
Rosenberg, who was elected in 2021, said he has chosen not to run again to make room for younger candidates.
 
"I feel strongly, we need younger people running for public office,  as the future of our town lies within the younger  generation. The world is so fundamentally different today and rapidly changing to become even more so. I believe we need people who are less interested in trying to bring back the past, then in paving the way for a promising future. The younger generation can know that they can stay here and have a voice without having to leave for opportunities elsewhere," he said.
 
The only person to return papers so far is former member the board Donald Sommer. Sommer served as a selectman from 2007 to 2010 and before that was a member of the School Committee and the Redevelopment Authority. He ran unsuccessfully for selectman in 2019 and again in 2021 but dropped out of before the election.
 
Incumbent Moderator Myra Wilk and Town Clerk Haley Meczywor have returned papers for their respective positions.
 
Assessor Paula Wheeler has returned papers and incumbents James Loughman and Eugene Michalenko have returned papers for library trustees.
 
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