Charlie Breitrose
Councilor At-Large candidate David Stokes looks at the ball he selected in the ballot lottery on Monday afternoon.
Candidates for elected office in Watertown pulled pingpong balls out of a small wooden barrel on Monday afternoon to decide where their names would appear on the ballot for November’s Town Election.
The candidates for Councilor-at-Large, School Committee and Library Board of Trustees selected one of the 30 yellow balls and those with the lowest numbers appear higher on the ballot. If a candidate was not at the Town Clerk’s office for the drawing, a member of the Board of Election Commissioners picked the ball for them.
The candidates’ names will appear on the ballot as follows:
Town Councilor At-Large
Anthony Donato
David Stokes
Michelle Cokonougher
Michael Dattoli
Anthony Palomba
Caroline Bays
School Committee
Amy Donohue
Guido Guidotti
John Portz
Lily Rayman-Read
Michael Shepard
Elizabeth Yusem
Board of Library Trustees
Leanne Hammonds
Daniel Pritchard
Michael Hanlon
David Breakstone
No drawing was made for candidates running unopposed:
Town Council President
Mark Sideris
District A Councilor
Angeline Kounelis
District B Councilor
Lisa Feltner
District C Councilor
Vincent Piccirilli
District D Councilor
Kenneth Woodland
School Committee, 2-Year Term
Lindsay Mosca
Election Info
The election will take place Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be no early voting in this election.
Voters must be registered by Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 at 8 p.m. Current Watertown residents can register in the Town Clerk’s Office in Town Hall, 149 Main St., or online at the Secretary of State’s website, www.sec.state.ma.us, and click Massachusetts Register to Vote Online.
If you or a family member will be out of town on Election Day or cannot make it to the polls due to disability or illness, you may request an application for an Absentee Ballot by contacting the Town Clerk’s office at 617-972-6486.
The Town Clerk seeks people to work at the polling locations on Nov. 7. There are a limited number of half-day positions in addition to the full day positions. Poll workers must be registered to vote in Massachusetts. If you are interested, contact the Town Clerk’s office at 617-972-6486.