Peterborough Town Meeting Voting Results

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As read by Hon. Moderator Phillip Runyon at approximately 7:30 pm on 5/10/22 and recorded by the GoMonadnock CRACK ELECTION TEAM. Asterisks denote the winner(s).

Total votes:
873 (page 1)
873 (page 2)
874 (page 3) ??

Oddities included:
16 completely blank ballots
34 “overvotes” (ballots cast for more candidates than was allowed)
398 “undervotes” (any ballot on which the voter declined to vote for some or all candidates for a given race; e.g., declining to fill in the circle for the candidate in an uncontested race, or voting only for one candidate in a race with two open slots)
39 total write-ins

Select Board
Bill Taylor* - 710
Write-In - 16 (rumored to include Jeff King and last year’s candidate, Rich Clark)
No Selection - 147

Trustee of the Trust Funds
Andrew Manns* - 695
Write-In - 2
No Selection - 176

Budget Committee (For Three Years, Three Positions)
Mandy Sliver* - 579
Leslie Lewis* - 508
Andrew Osterman* - 451
River Marmorstein - 381
Write-In - 5
No Selection or Undervote - 695

Budget Committee (For One Year)
Mary Clark* - 689
Write-In - 2
No Selection - 182

Zoning Board of Adjustment
Sharon Monahan* - 679
Write-In - 7
No Selection - 187

Recreation Committee (For Three Years, Two Positions)
Roxanne Loudin* - 639
Andrew Osterman* - 574
Write-In - 10
No Selection or Undervote - 523

Recreation Committee (For Two Years)
Zoë Wroten-Heinzmann* - 661
Write-In - 3
No Selection - 201

Cemetery Trustee
Linda Guyette* - 699
Write-In - 12
No Selection - 162

Library Trustee (For Three Years)
Tina Kriebel* - 726
Write-In - 2
No Selection - 145

Library Trustees (For One Year, Two Positions)
Peggy van Valkenburgh* - 674
John Lawlor* - 629
No Selection or Undervote - 437

Planning Board (Two Positions)
Carl Staley* - 522
Blair Weiss* - 497
Joshua Blair - 365
Write-In - 4
No Selection or Undervote - 358

Supervisor of the Checklist (For Six Years)
Denise Sweet* - 686
Write-In - 3
No Selection - 184

Supervisor of the Checklist (For Two Years)
Kathy Sullivan* - 386
Laura Norton - 315
Write-In - 1
No Selection or Undervote - 171

[Note - complete text of all zoning amendments and warrant articles can be found at this link; with apologies, we will not be typing them all below. —GoMo]

Zoning Amendment 1
Yes* - 728
No - 112
No Selection - 33

Zoning Amendment 2
Yes* - 699
No - 145
No Selection - 29

Zoning Amendment 3
Yes* - 674
No - 164
No Selection - 35

Zoning Amendment 4
Yes* - 682
No - 153
No Selection - 38

Zoning Amendment 6
Yes* - 667
No - 167
No Selection - 39

Zoning Amendment 7
Yes* - 720
No - 126
No Selection - 27

Zoning Amendment 8
Yes* - 689
No - 126
No Selection - 58

Zoning Amendment 9
Yes* - 655
No - 181
No Selection - 37

Zoning Amendment 10
Yes* - 599
No - 233
No Selection - 41

Zoning Amendment 11
Yes* - 442
No - 379
No Selection - 51

Article 3
Yes* - 704
No - 131
No Selection - 38

Article 4
Yes* - 725
No - 105
No Selection - 43

Article 5
Yes* - 706
No - 127
No Selection - 40

Article 6
Yes* - 742
No - 97
No Selection - 34

Article 7
Yes* - 791
No - 50
No Selection - 32

Article 8
Yes* - 661
No - 180
No Selection - 33

Article 9
Yes* - 758
No - 93
No Selection - 23

Article 10
Yes* - 785
No - 59
No Selection - 30

Article 11
Yes* - 760
No - 98
No Selection - 16

Article 12 (the so-called “most important” $15,000)
Yes* - 510
No - 323
No Selection - 41