Tuesday November 5th, is Election Day!

Tuesday November 5th, is Election Day!

Polls are open from 6 AM until 8 PM at Franklin High School.

Asst Clerk Nancy Danello and Town Clerk Teresa Burr

Items of note:

• There will be a 'selfie' photo spot in the FHS gymnasium to take a photo and share (if you wish) after you have voted
• Plenty of "I voted" stickers are available as well as "Future Voter" stickers for the children accompanying the adults
• Franklin Radio will broadcast the results from the FHS gym as soon as they are available. Tune in at 7:00 PM for a special program on election music. And stay tuned in when the polls close at 8:00, we'll share some info on the election process while waiting for the results to be announced.  Franklin Radio is available at wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial.
• Printed copies of the Annual Report are available as you leave after voting.

Quick survey results: Wednesday evening better than Saturday morning

Thanks for the participating in the quick survey on when to best schedule a meeting so that you attend.

Half the responses indicate a weekday night with Saturday morning running second and Saturday afternoon the least optimal.

Quick survey results: Wednesday evening better than Saturday morning

Of the weekday evenings, Wednesday is the most popular followed by Monday and then Tuesday. I would further qualify the nights as Wednesday (not a Town Council meeting night) as well as Tuesday (not a School Committee night) to be the best options.

Quick survey results: Wednesday evening better than Monday, Tuesday

The survey itself, now closed to additional responses
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/06/quick-survey-on-when-to-schedule.html

9th Annual Franklin & Bellingham Franklin Fives Road Race results

The fund raising event for the 9th Annual Franklin & Bellingham Rail Trail committee was held in sunshine on Saturday morning, May 11. Approximately 80 runners and walkers covered their choice of the three different courses: 5M, 5K or 1.5 mile.

Full results can be found on CoolRunning
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/19/ma/May11_Frankl_set4.shtml

It was announced before the race start that the race would be renamed in honor of David G Barber.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EDvz_D-PSmUaG0rnzfs2qJQC3I-SwBkA/view?usp=sharing


Race day photos:

Race Director David Labonte makes announcements before the race start

Part of the runners and walkers

25 Franklin Residents officially completed the 2019 Boston Marathon

On Monday, I posted that there were 27 Franklin residents scheduled to start the Boston Marathon. 16 men and 11 women with the following distribution by age group.

Age Group	M	W	T
20's	4	3	7
30's	3	3	6
40's	7	1	8
50's	2	3	5
60's	0	1	1
	16	11	27

After the race I can share that 25 Franklin residents completed the full course per the official results.

Age Group	M	W	T
20's	4	2	6
30's	3	3	6
40's	7	1	8
50's	2	3	5
60's	0	0	0
	16	9	25

25 Franklin Residents officially completed the 2019 Boston Marathon

For more info about the runners and the race visit BAA.org/ or go directly to

https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon

27 Franklin residents scheduled to start the Boston Marathon

Disclosure: I am proud to be working for John Hancock, one of the major sponsors of the Boston Marathon.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephensherlock/

Note: due to the data available from the results, I don't know if the 2 'missing' runners did not start the race, or started and did not complete the race.

In the News: Primary results

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"In a political stunner, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano lost Tuesday’s primary to Ayanna Pressley, a Boston city councilor who is virtually assured of becoming the first black woman to serve Massachusetts in Congress. 

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker won his party’s nomination for a second term, defeating Scott Lively, a conservative minister and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who frequently called Baker — a frequent critic of the president — a RINO, or Republican in Name Only. Baker will face Democrat Jay Gonzalez. 

Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren sailed through the primary unopposed. She’ll face Geoff Diehl, a state representative who served as co-chair of Trump’s 2016 campaign in the state and defeated two other Republicans for his party’s nomination."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20180904/primary-roundup-ayanna-pressley-unseats-incumbent-mike-capuano-other-big-news

"Three Democrats battled it out in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District. 

Early returns showed Needham lawyer Becca Rausch had a 2,900-vote lead over challengers Jackie Katz and Kris Alexsov, according to the Rausch campaign late Tuesday night. All precincts reported except for Norfolk and Franklin. 

The winner faces incumbent Sen. Richard Ross, R-Wrentham, in November. Ross has held the seat since 2010."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20180904/rausch-wins-democratic-race--will-take-on-incumbent-gop-sen-richard-ross

In the News: Primary results

The unofficial Franklin results can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/09/unofficial-results-for-franklin-primary.html

Unofficial results for Franklin Primary - Sep 4

The voter turnout for Franklin was good for the Tuesday State Primary. Unofficial tally shows the following:

Party	Unofficial Vote Tally
Democrat	2,426
Republican	1,579
Libertarian	8
Total	4,013
Registered Voters	23,003
	17.45%

Official results will be provided by the Franklin Town Clerk Wednesday, Sep 5 (and shared here as soon as available).

Additional unofficial results will be shared as soon as practical.

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Senator - Democrat	Votes		Senator - Republican	Votes
Warren	2119		Diehl	761
			Kingston	393
			Lindstrom	335
Governor - Democrat			Governor - Republican
Gonzalez	1212		Baker	1076
Massie	629		Lively	480
Lt Governor - Democrat			Lt Governor - Republican
Palfrey	1103		Polito	1172
Tingle	756
Attny General - Democrat			Attny General - Republican
Healey	2155		McMahon	765
			Shores	486
Sec of State - Democrat			Sec of State - Republican
Galvin	1729		Amore	1081
Zakim	576
Treasurer - Democrat			Treasurer - Republican
Goldberg	1963		Orrall	1051
Auditor - Democrat			Auditor - Republican
Bump	1912		Brady	1003
Rep Congress - Democrat
Kennedy	2233
Rucinski	126
Councilor 2nd District - Democrat
Jubinville	1801
Senator Gen'l Court - Democrat			Senator Gen'l Court - Republican
Katz	756		Ross	760
Rauch	415
Aleksov	91
Senator Gen'l Court - Democrat			Senator Gen'l Court - Republican
Spilka	753
Rep General Court - Democrat			Rep General Court - Republican
Roy	2141		Casey	1151
Dist Attny - Democrat
Morrissey	1963
Clerk of Courts - Democrat
W Timility	1931
Register Deeds - Democrat
O'Donnell	1971
County Commissioner - Democrat
Collins	1851
County Treasurer - Democrat
J Timilty	1929

Unofficial results for Franklin Primary - Sep 4

Updated: 
From a vote total perspective since 2004, this Primary vote total was only exceeded by that of 2012. You may recall that was the primary for Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown.

Primary vote totals since 2004

2017 Official - Franklin Biennial Town Election Results

There is one correction that I could find to the election results shared for November 7. In the School Committee results, Precinct 6 for Cynthia Douglas changed  from 286 to 251 and overall from 2235 to 2200. That change in 35 votes cascaded through the totals for School Committee but there was no other impact.

The Official results can be found here
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/official_results_11-7-2017_0.pdf


The updated sort by candidates with declining votes can be found here






Read more: http://www.franklinma.gov/node/146843

2017 Official - Franklin Biennial Town Election Results

Reminder: get the MIAA app for all the FHS sports schedules and results

If you want to follow any of the FHS Panthers sports teams, you can download the MIAA app to your smart phone and get the season schedule.

I had heard of the app from the Facebook posting by the FHS boys basketball team last year.



It does install quickly from the Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miaa.droid&hl=en

in the Google Playstore

It is also available for iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/miaa/id987574520?mt=8

It prompts you to select a favorite school (FHS was my choice!)

the installed app prompts to select a favorite school

FHS fall sports schedules

You can also get the schedules at HockomockSports.Com. This is the source of most of the sports results that I share.

Congratulations to all the Franklin finishers of the Boston Marathon

The official Boston Marathon results for the Franklin residents who completed the course on Monday are show below.

If you would like to inquire on another runner, you can use this link   http://baa.org/searchable-results.html

http://baa.org/

Percent Franklin Voter Turnout 2003 - 2016 (updated with official results from Nov 8, 2016)

The "official" results from the November 8th were posted to the Town of Franklin webpage and as I updated my chart with the final numbers, I also realized that i had left out a key election in the last chart. I'll attribute that to a version control issue, I had updated an earlier version rather than the proper version. 

Here is the most recent chart with the percent Franklin voter turnout for elections from 2003 - 2016.

percent Franklin voter turnout for elections from 2003 - 2016 (color coded by election)

• The official results from Nov 8 were posted to the Town of Franklin page here

http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/copy_of_official_results_state_election_nov_8_2016.pdf

• The prior posting in November can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/11/franklin-voter-turnout-from-2003-2016.html

unofficial tally for Franklin, MA for the Presidential election November 8, 2016

The unofficial tally for Franklin, MA for the Presidential election November 8, 2016.

Franklin voted for Clinton, Kennedy, Spilka, Ross, and Roy. 
They voted against ballot questions 1 and 2 and for ballot questions 3,and 4.







Thanks to all the folks in the Town Clerk's office and to all the election workers, this was a record turnout and marvelously done!

Franklin High School early on the morning of Nov 8

Franklin, MA: Presidential Primary Results - Mar 1. 2016

From Town Clerk Teresa Burr, here are the total voters by party that cast a ballot for Tuesday's Presidential Primary.

Party	Voters
Democrat	5348
Republican	4415
Green	3
United Independent	23
	9789
Total Registered	21345
Percent Voted	45.9%

Here is the set of all the party results by precinct: 

You can also download a copy here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczOWwybWZZQm83Y3M/view?usp=sharing

the election day sign on the railroad bridge

Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School Students in All Grades Outpace State in PARCC Test Performance

Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School students (BFCCPS) outperformed state averages on all tests across all grade levels on the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests taken last spring. 

Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School

Across all grade levels tested, students at BFCCPS averaged an 81 percent proficiency rate on PARCC English language arts (ELA) exams and 70 percent in math, compared to average statewide proficiency rates of 46 percent and 45 percent, respectively. 

"We are proud of our students and teachers, who put in a lot of hard work to make this incredible achievement possible," said Heather Zolnowski the Head of School at BFCCPS. "Our community is built on a strong partnership between parents, students, our faculty and administration, and the extraordinary results seen across the board on the PARCC exam is a testament to our success."BFCCPS is among approximately 300 school districts across Massachusetts that opted to administer the PARCC test in the spring of 2015 under a two-year state pilot. 

The gaps between BFCCPS PARCC scores and statewide averages are dramatic. On the English language arts test, 90 percent of BFCCPS 6th graders scored proficient or better compared to the state average of 60 percent. For the same class, 78 percent scored proficient or above for math, compared to the state average of 53 percent for 6th graders. 

Similarly, 76 and 86 percent of BFCCPS 3rd and 8th graders, respectively, earned proficient scores in English, as compared to 54 and 64 percent of 3rd and 8th graders statewide who took PARCC. In math, 84 percent of 3rd graders and 74 percent of 5th graders at the regional public charter school received scores of proficient and above, while averages were 55 percent for both 3rd and 5th grades across the state. 

BFCCPS' high PARCC scores across the board demonstrate that its students are progressing well through each grade level and on track to be well prepared for high school and beyond. 

Enrollment Applications for this regional public charter school for students in Grades Kindergarten through Eight for the 2016-2017 school year are now live. BFCCPS will host the first of six information sessions where applicants can learn more about the school this Saturday, November 14th from 10 am to noon. Learn more and apply online at http://bfccps.org/about/enrollment/

About Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School
The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School's mission is to assist parents in their role as primary educators of their children by providing students with a classical academic education coupled with sound character development and community service. Our mission is supported by four distinct, yet interconnected pillars that provide for a collaborative, rigorous education for all students. These pillars guide, direct and define the school in all it does.

Franklin voters turn out for the money, will they turn out on Tuesday?

When the Presidential elections roll around, and all the political campaign ads fill the spaces on TV and radio, Franklin voters turn out big time (80+ %).

When there is a MA State election, campaign dollars also drive the voters to the polls (60+ %) to elect our Governor and other state positions.

When there is an override election, or debt override to build a school, this affects the Franklin pocketbook and voters turn out (40+ %). Franklin voters will generally build a school and only once in at least 7 tries have they ever passed an operational override (2007). 

When there is a vote for the Town Council, School Committee, Town Clerk, and all the other important positions that run the community, only some Franklin voters come out to the polls (12-22%).

Maybe this time, with contested elections for Town Council, School Committee, Town Clerk and Board of Health, Franklin voters will show appropriate interest.

Will you be voting on Tuesday?

Franklin Voter Turnout from 2003 - 2014 compiled from Town Clerk records

The collection of all the information to prepare for the Nov 3rd election can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/08/election-collection-nov-3-2015.html

Franklin election results - 11/4/2014

Election results

Question 5

dedicated override failed to pass N=8289   Y=3583

Question 6 

non binding for overturning Citizens United passed handily Y = 7778   N = 3237

new handicap voter booth at the high school

My thanks to Town Clerk Deb Pellgri and her team for preparing the results to share here

All the other candidate results can be viewed in the three page PDF file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczd09KczlKYk9FUFE/view?usp=share_link&resourcekey=0-Zs26d1a5vsL5AliPXMd5Lw

Will you be one of the 12,418?

Looking back through the election results voter turnout varies. One could argue that the amount of money spent on advertising in the election drives the voter turnout. One could also argue that the amount of direct control Franklin voters have over the election runs in an inverse proportion to the turnout.

Hence the presidential election campaigns will get about an 80% voter turnout and the state elections will generate about 60%.

When the stakes are purely Franklin and the question is regarding money(i.e. an override) Franklin voters will generally turnout at about 40%. For a local election to select our Town Council, School Committee and other elected officials, the voters turnout at about 20%.

With 20,697 voters registered in Franklin as of Oct 23, 2014, and the election on Nov 4th classified as a State election, approx 12,418 voters would turnout. The 12,418 is calculated at 60% of the registered total (20,697).

So will you be one of the 12,418?

Note: the polls open at 6:00 AM and close promptly at 8:00 PM. 
All Franklin precincts vote in the same place - the high school. 


All the information posted here to help prepare for casting your ballot can be in this one election collection: 
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/10/november-4th-election-collection.html

community entrance to Franklin High School