As expected, the three unopposed candidates on China’s Nov. 4 local ballot won their elections.
Town Clerk Angela Nelson reported the following results:
— For two-year terms on the select board, Brent Chesley got 922 votes and Natasha Littlefield got 1,092 votes. — For a three-year term on the Regional School Unit 18 board, Heather Neal got 1,228 votes.
For select board, there were 70 write-in votes, and 996 voters cast blank ballots. Chesley has served on the board before; Littlefield starts her first term. They succeed Wayne Chadwick and Jeanne Marquis, who did not seek re-election.
The RSU ballot had 29 write-ins and 283 blank ballots. Neal was appointed to the RSU board after her predecessor, Dawn Castner, resigned earlier this fall. John Soifer is China’s other representative on the board.
A majority of the China voters who came to the polls opposed both state referendum questions. The vote on amending voting rules was 711 in favor, 841 against. On adding a state red flag law, the vote was closer: 783 against, 763 in favor.
Almost half of China’s 3,157 registered voters cast ballots before or on Nov. 4.
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by Mary Grow
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