The following offices are on the ballot today: Representative in Congress, Governor’s Councilor, State Senator, State Representative, Middlesex County Sheriff.
Don’t forget to vote and then come back here and tell us what number voter you were in your precinct.
Number three in 2-2
7th in 1-4, a few minutes after 8am.
Voter number 28 at 9:21am at 3/3, on the way to my colonoscopy. 🙂
Number 46 in 3/1 at 9:45 AM, on my way to court.
Number 51 at 6/1 around 9:30am
Number 39 in 3/3 at 10:59 on my way to the disco on Route 1 to dance the night away.
At 7:15am, I was voter #1 in 2-1. I voted for Bill Humphrey for Governor’s Council and Peter Koutoujian for Sheriff!
I was #40 at 3/2, around 9:30am.
I was #51 at 11:45 in 2-3, on my way to Sandwich Works.
In Bill Humphrey’s home precinct, 5-4, I was voter number 74 at 9:50am.
#73 at 5/1 at 2:15
My husband and I were #’s 25 & 26 at about 8:30am. I hope there is an after work rush!
In Newton Center around noon, the street corners were filled with multiple people holding sticks with everyone’s name running in the democratic primary. I was disappointed in the lack of signs for Bill Humprey, or any other candidate in the Governor’s Council race – particularly since none of the other signs were for candidates in contested races, except for the sheriff’s race. I asked why and was told that “the stick wouldn’t hold anymore signs” – which was true but …
An hour and a half ago,l Hyde School had 52 at 5/2 and 83 at 6/3.
I wonder whether Village 14 has a higher percentage of voters than the whole Newton populace or do we just blogiate? (Pronounce with a hard “g”) Do you like that word for us cognoscenti?)
@Sallee: I’d venture to guess that close to 100 percent of the Village 14 community votes. Just a guess but we’re a very politically tuned-in group of people!
Always happy to be considered one of the cognoscenti, if only by osmosis. Voter number 107 at two p.m.-ish in 6/4, usually one of the higher-turnout precincts. Talk about throwing a party and nobody comes.
#65 at 1-4 at 3:30
As I wrote on my Facebook wall:
I voted. A little disappointed that no candidate supporters out front. More disappointed that in #newtonma ward 1 precinct 4 at 3:30pm, I was #65.
One of the poll workers told me it costs the city $90,000 to run an election and they predicted 8-10% turnout. Unless the numbers change, unlikely…
68 Emerson (5/1) at 1;15
Ward 1 Precinct 3 at Bigelow, 6:50pm #95.
#129 at 3/3 at 7:30pm.
#213 at 6-4 at 7:36 PM
#94 at 4/1 at 5:45
I never remember what ward I am in but I just head up to the school on Watertown street in Newtonville (heck I forget what the name of the school is, but its the one on Albemarle)…yes I can look it up but its not that critical for me 😛
IN ANY CASE I was 122 at about 6:10 this evening. Three folks out front holding signs including for Humphrey which was great to see. Turnout was reallllllly low There was one other person that entered just before me. The state needs to find a better way to do primaries which can arguably be more important than the election in this typically blue state…(they really are way to expensive for such low turnout…maybe try mail in voting for primaries? )
@John – Horace Mann. 🙂
You can see results coming in here:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/election-results-massachusetts-primary-sept-8-2016/?state=MA&eid=22022&site=CBSLOCALELN
Was afraid this would happen – looks like Humphrey and Georgiou split the anti-Devany vote. 🙁
Bill Humphrey still ran one hell of a race. The old guard always does best when the turnout if very, very low. In this case it was very, very, very low.