Special Election Results: Again, really low turnout in Lancaster

 

All three Nashoba District towns have now passed a debt exclusion to allow them to pay their shares of the debt for the high school project.   Like at the special town meeting last Monday, Lancaster's voter participation was conspicuously low: 16% versus 25 and 29% in Bolton and Stow.

 
Lancaster did pass it's debt exclusion today, with 57% (484 yes, 372 no) voting in favor.   Participation was a really anemic 6% in Lancaster -- you might blame it on the  the rain if not for the contemporaneous election in Bolton that drew 12% of registered voters.      On Saturday 11% of voters turned out in Stow.

UPDATE: in the official results, one person in Lancaster turned in a blank ballot.  I am intrigued!  Who are you and what is your motivation? 

In Bolton it was reported -- on Facebook so far -- that 79% of voters (834 yes, 228 no) cast their vote in favor of the debt exclusion.    Assuming that's true, that's beyond a landslide -- could it be one of the most popular debt exclusions in state history?

Why was the turnout so low in Lancaster again this week?  At the annual town election in May the tables were turned:  23% of Lancaster registered voters participated, but only 6% voted in Bolton.   For some reason this special election didn't draw as many voters in Lancaster, and enlivened those in Bolton.

Anyhow: as far as the towns are concerned, the road is clear for the School District to build us that new high school.  Congratulations and best wishes!