Milford NH Voting Results September 11, 2018

These are the voting results for the Milford NH primary election held on September 11, 2018.

There were 11,148 voters on the checklist at the beginning of the day.  There were 112 new voters that registered at the polls, resulting in 11,260 voters being on the checklist at the end of the day.  Of the new voters, there were 71 Democrats, 36 Republicans, and 5 Libertarians.

There were 1238 Democratic ballots cast, 1041 Republican ballots cast, and 24 Libertarian ballots cast, for a total of 2303 ballots cast in the election, or a 20.5% voter turnout. 

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT

Governor
881 Molly Kelly
340 Steve Marchand

Representative in Congress
1174 Ann McLane Kuster

Executive Councilor
1140 Debora Pignatelli

State Senator
971 Shannon Chandley (nominated)
221 Roger Tilton

State Representatives Hillsborough District 23 (4 positions)
1062 Joelle Martin (nominated)
929 Paul Dargie (nominated)
918 Peter Petrigno (nominated)
832 John Frazier (nominated)

State Representatives Hillsborough District 40
1096 Kat McGhee

County Attorney
1092 Michael Conlon

County Treasurer
1084 William Bryk

Register of Probate
1086 Elizabeth Ropp

County Commissioner
1070 Steve Spratt 


REPUBLICAN BALLOT

Governor
945 Chris Sununu

Representative in Congress
279 Steve Negron
237 Stewart Levenson
209 Robert Burn
194 Lynne Blankenbeker
43 Brian Belanger
19 Jay Mercer
4 Gerard Beloin

Executive Councilor
928 Dave Wheeler

State Senator
941 Gary Daniels

State Representatives Hillsborough District 23 (4 positions)
781 Charlie Burns (nominated)
693 Carolyn Halstead (nominated)
661 John Yule (nominated)
651 Michael Thornton (nominated)

State Representatives Hillsborough District 40 
897 Keith Ammon

Sheriff
904 James Hardy

County Attorney
881 Dennis Hogan

County Treasurer
889 David Fredette

Register of Deeds
376 April Kaplan
247 Edward Sapienza
245 Mary Ann Crowell

Register of Probate
889 Joseph Levasseur

County Commissioner
884 Robert Rowe

Delegates to the State Convention (5 positions)
694 Nathaniel Wheeler
661 Stephen Palmer
604 Michael Thornton
561 Susan Kater
550 Raymond Hayes
461 June Minkkinen
 
LIBERTERIAN BALLOT

Governor
14 Jilletta Jarvis
7 Aaron Day

Representative in Congress
10 Justin O'Donnell
9 Tom Alciere

Executive Councilor
22 Brian Chabot

State Representatives Hillsborough District 40
19 Mark Linn
 

Milford NH Voting Results March 13, 2018

These are the voting results for the Milford NH local elections on March 13, 2018.

There were 11,078 voters on the checklist at the beginning of the day.  There were 79 new voters that enrolled during the day, resulting in 11,157 on the checklist at the end of the day.  There were 1919 ballots cast, for a voter turnout of 17.2%.  There were 1865 votes cast last year when we had the delayed voting due to the bad weather last year, so this year is a bit better despite the bad weather today.

School Ballot

School Board
1158 Ron Carvell - elected
575 Susan Kater

School District Moderator
1660 Peter Basiliere - elected

School District Treasurer
1605 Rosemarie Evans - elected 

School District Clerk
1562 Gina Matthews - elected

Question 1 Operating Budget - $41,258,902 proposed, $41,431,431 default
1372 yes passed
507 no

Question 2 Full-Day Kindergarten Program $582,500
975 yes passed
920 no

Question 3 Collective Bargaining Agreement with Administrators
1252 yes passed
597 no

Question 4 Establish a Contingency Fund
1143 yes passed
728 no

TOWN BALLOT

Board of Selectmen
725 Gary Daniels - elected
681 Paul Dargie - elected
667 Christopher Labonte
640 Mark Fougere
323 Suzanne Fournier
224 Christopher Skinner
101 James Powers

Cemetery Trustee
1052 Mary Dickson - elected
594 George Hoyt

Library Trustee
1301 Kathryn Parenti - elected
1148 Jennifer O'Brien-Traficante - elected
1143 Janet Hromjak - elected

Supervisor of the Checklist
1075 Darlene Bouffard - elected
395 George Skuse

Town Moderator
1652 Peter Basiliere - elected

Trustees of the Trust Funds
1555 Joan Dargie - elected

Water-Wastewater Commisioner
1569 Mike Putnam

Ballot Vote 1 Various Zoning Ordinance Changes relative to open space and conservation subdivisions
1313 Yes passed
414 no

Ballot Vote 2 Zoning Ordinance Definition Change to add private ownership as a form of utility, and to allow for the generation of resources for private use.
1379 yes passed
387 no

Ballot Question 3 Main Fire Station Upgrade - Bond $3,864,300
(Since this is a bond, a 60% majority is required for it to pass.  There were 1873 votes cast on this question, so there needed to be 1123 yes votes for it to pass)
1268 yes passed 67.7%
605 no

Question 4 Town Operating Budget proposed $14,060,271 default $14,062,606
1568 yes passed
283 no

Question 5 Water Department Operating Budget proposed $1,520,953 default $1,480,538
1338 yes passed
499 no

Question 6 Wastewater Department Operating Budget proposed $2,069,450 default $2,030,870
1314 yes passed
508 no

Question 7 Bridge Replacement Capital Reserve $175,000
1407 yes passed
455 no

Question 8 DPW Vehicles and Heavy Equipment Capital Reserve $40,000
1245 yes passed
606 no

Question 9 Fire Apparatus Replacement Capital REserve $25,000
1435 yes
450 no

Question 10 Town Facilities Renovation and Major Repair Replacement Capital Reserve $25,000
1228 yes passed
637 no

Question 11 Ambulance Vehicle Replacement Capital Reserve $25,000
1210 yes passed
663 no

Question 12 Public Safety Communication Equipment Replacement Capital Reserve $20,000
1275 yes passed
589 no

Question 13 Assessing Revaluation Capital Reserve $15,000
992 yes passed
842 no

Question 14 Replacement Sidewalk Plow Lease/Purchase $155,000 (Annual Payment $32,300)
1052 yes passed
818 no

Question 15 Social Services $40,000
1330 yes passed
539 no

Question 16 Non-Emergency Community Transporation Bus Services $30,000
1274 yes passed
546 no

Question 17 Pumpkin Festival $23,000
1088 yes passed
757 no

Question 18 AFSCME Contract $21,572
1264 yes passed
529 no

Question 19 Summer Band Concerts $9,000
1121 yes passed
709 no

Question 20 Funding of Annual Labor Day Parade $10,000
1154 yes passed
672 no

Question 21 Memorial, Veterans & Labor Day Parades and and Recognition - Town Support $6,500
1370 yes passed
463 no

Question 22 Appointing Agents to the Keyes Park Expansion Coimmittee Project Capital Reserve
1355 yes passed
464 no

Question 23 Authority to Grant Industrial Development Tax Relief
1320 yes passed
484 no

Question 24 Rename Bridge Replacement Capital Reserve Fund
1541 yes passed
299 no

Question 25 Swing Bridge
1597 yes passed
259 no

Question 26 Mile Slip Town Forest Easement
1312 yes passed
503 no

Question 27 Keno
1057 yes passed
788 no

Question 28 Fireworks $8,500 by petition
961 yes passed
899 no

Question 29 Keyes Park Expansion Committee Project Capital REserve $25,000 by petition
986 yes passed
867 no

Question 30 Conservation Land Fund $20,000 by petition
953 yes passed
892 no

Question 31 Compact Part of Town (BROS Property) by petition
625 yes failed
1177 no

 

Milford NH March Voting History

Several people have commented about the voter turnout at the Saturday March 18, 2017 election, so I thought that I would post the voting history of the town March elections for comparison. Shown below are the data points for each year including the number of votes cast, the number of voters on the checklist, the percentage of the checklist that voted, and the number of people that attended the town deliberative session. The average number of votes cast over the previous ten years was 1960, so the 1865 votes that were cast this year was just slightly below average. 

The number of voters on the checklist varies somewhat depending on where we are in the 10 year purge cycle, so the real voting percentage can vary. We averaged 92 voters at deliberative session over the past 10 years.

I think that changing to Saturday voting on a permanent basis would result in a higher voter turnout than is seen on Tuesday voting. The turnout this year with a Saturday vote was slightly below average, but anecdotally, I heard of a lot of people that just forgot about it since it was not a scheduled day. If it was properly scheduled in advance and well advertised, then I think that the turnout would have been much better.

Year, Votes, Checklist, Percentage, Deliberative Session Voters
2017, 1865, 11149, 16.7%, ??
2016, 2711, 9906, 26.1%, 89
2015, 2174, 9864, 22.0%, 99
2014, 1770, 9622, 18.4%, 76
2013, 1528, 9668, 15.8%, 76
2012, 1818, 8679, 20.9%, 76
2011, 2001, 10925, 18.3%, 68
2010, 2048, 10765, 19.0%, 100
2009, 1682, 10809, 15.6%, 84
2008, 1723, 10464, 16.5%, 91
2007, 2149, 10135, 21.2%, 163
2006, 1984, 10035, 18.8%, 111
2005, 2743, 10069, 27.2%, 193
2004, 2768, 8616, 32.1%, 146
2003, 2536, 8373, 30.3%, 184
2002, 3153, 7758, 40.6%, 162

Milford NH Voting Results March 18, 2017 (Postponed from March 14, 2017)

These are the Saturday, March 18, 2017 voting results for the town and school ballots for Milford, NH. This voting was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, 2017, but was postponed to the 18th due to a winter snow storm that occurred on the 14th.

There were 1865 votes cast. There were 11,128 voters on the checklist at the beginning of the day, and 21 new voters were added to the checklist during the day, thus yielding a total of 11,149 voters on the checklist at the end of the day. The 1865 votes that were cast represented 16.7% of the 11,149 voter checklist.

SCHOOL BALLOT

School Board (two positions available)

890 Kevin Drew (elected)

862 Jenni Siegrist (elected)

837 Rick Wood

609 Michael Hannon

Question 1 Capital Improvements Bond

60% super-majority needed, or 1086

Yes 1332 passed 73.8%

No 477

Question 2 Operating Budget

Yes 1359 passed

No 451

Question 3 Self-Funded Full-Day Kindergarten Program

Yes 1045 passed

No 796

Question 4 MEPA (Custodians) Collective Bargaining Agreement

Yes 1306 passed

No 498

Question 5 MESSA (Paraprofessionals) Collective Bargaining Agreement

Yes 1275 passed

No 524

Question 6 Establish a Contingency Fund

Yes 1209 passed

No 608

TOWN BALLOT

Selectmen (Two positions available)

908 Mike Putnam (elected)

654 Laura Dudziak (elected)

605 Suzanne Fournier

558 Susan I. Smith

362 Roger Tilton

Cemetery Trustee

821 Kris Jensen (elected)

692 Leonard J. Harten

Library Trustee (two positions available)

1113 Sarah Philbrick-Sandhage (elected)

844 Lynn R. Coakley (elected)

574 Jennifer E. O'Brien-Traficante

Trustees of the Trust Fund

1510 Tina Philbrick (elected)

Water and Wastewater Commissioner

1556 Robert Courage

Ballot Vote 1 - Zoning Amendment - Increase the minimum square feet of an accessory structure from 120 sq ft to 200 sq ft before a building permit is required.

Yes 1499 passed

No 285

Ballot Vote 2 - Zoning Amendment - Change definition of Accessory Dwelling Units, and other related ordinance changes.

Yes 1482 passed

No 272

Ballot Vote 3 - Zoning Amendments - Change various code sections relating to the Wetland Conservation District to make them consistent with State and Federal law.

Yes 1460 passed

No 288

Question 3 $2,000,000 Bond for Reconstruction of Town Roads

60% super-majority needed, or 1082

Yes 1470 passed 81.5%

No 333

Question 4 $375,000 Wastewater Emergency Backup Generator Replacement

60% super-majority needed, or 1062

Yes 1325 passed 74.9%

No 445

Question 5 $73,200 Stormwater Sewer Video Inspection

60% super-majority needed, or 1075

Yes 1265 passed 70.6%

No 526

Question 6 $13,973,281 Town Operating Budget ($13,962,733 Default Budget if article fails)

Yes 1248 passed

No 556

Question 7 $1,442,008 Water Department Operating Budget ($1,429,898 Default Budget if article fails)

Yes 1334 passed

No 452

Question 8 $1,947,540 Wastewater Treatment Operating Budget (1,954,302 Default Budget if article fails)

Yes 1459 passed

No 323

Question 9 $175,000 Bridger Replacement Capital Reserve

Yes 1349 passed

No 456

Question 10 $40,000 Public Safety Communication Equipment Capital Reserve

Yes 1251 passed

No 541

Question 11 $25,000 Fire Apparatus Replacement Capital Reserve

Yes 1334 passed

No 476

Question 12 $25,000 Town Facilities Renovation and Major Repair Replacement

Yes 1154 passed

No 646

Question 13 $25,000 Ambulance Vehicle Replacement Capital Reserve

Yes 1074 passed

No 741

Question 14 $25,000 Keyes Park Expansion Committee Project Capital Reserve

Yes 1121 passed

No 671

Question 15 $15,000 Assessing Revaluation Capital Reserve

Yes 957 passed

No 798

Question 16 $110,000 LED Lighting, Energy Savings Project

Yes 1272 passed

No 511

Question 17 $170,000 Dump Truck Purchase (8 CU YD, 5 year lease-purchase)

Yes 846 failed

No 931

Question 18 $120,000 Public Works Grader Purchase (5 year lease-purchase)

Yes 1001 passed

No 773

Question 19 $110,000 Tractor Backhoe Purchase (5 year lease-purchase)

Yes 844 failed

No 925

Question 20 $35,000 Social Services

Yes 1311 passed

No 481

Question 21 $30,000 Non-Emergency Community Transportation Bus Services

Yes 1353 passed

No 463

Question 22 $23,000 Pumpkin Festival, Holiday Decorations and Plantings

Yes 1168 passed

No 657

Question 23 $9,000 Summer Band Concerts

Yes 1176 passed

No 637

Question 24 $8,500 Fireworks

Yes 959 passed

No 854

Question 25 $10,000 Labor Day Parade

Yes 1166 passed

No 645

Question 26 $6,000 Memorial, Veterans, Labor Day Parades and Recognition - Town Support

Yes 1359 passed

No 454

Question 27 Expanding Veteran's Credit

Yes 1477 passed

No 332

Question 28 Merge Town Properties with Mile Slip Town Forest

Yes 1571 passed

No 227

Question 29 Authority to Grant Community Revitalization Tax RElief

Yes 1428 passed

No 343

Question 30 $25,000 Conservation Land Fund (by petition)

Yes 955 passed

No 837

Question 31 Sports Fields Along Heron Pond Road (by petition)

Yes 1341 passed

No 447