The official results for the Nov 2, 2021 Town of Franklin Biennial Election are now available from the Town Clerk's office. In comparison to the 'unofficial' results shared Tuesday night, no major changes are found in the finish for candidates of the contested/uncontested races. Other than a few votes added to this and that candidate, the blanks are filled in for all the races.
What are blanks?
Blanks are non-votes or perhaps a better way to explain it, 'under votes'. So a ballot has twelve candidates for nine seats (as our Town Council did), and if a number of voters mark only three candidates, the unmarked 6 votes per ballot/voter fall to the "Blank" category. They were not marked for a candidate so they are "Blank." This phenomena is seen in both the Town Council and School Committee vote results were the "Blanks" were high.
The best example is in the Planning Board Associate role which had no candidate. 5550 folks did not vote this position (there were no announced write-ins, or any candidates listed) so those went directly to "Blanks." Jason K Mello apparently coordinated a write-in campaign to garner 32 votes.
5,754 was the total number of voters for this election. 24,465 voters were registered and eligible for a 23.5% voter turnout.
Official results from Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/pages/official_results_-_biennial_local_election_11-2-2021.pdf
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| Official Results - Town of Franklin Biennial Election - Nov 2, 2021 |
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