Votes at a glance: Canterbury town meeting outcomes

This page lists the formal votes and results announced or taken at the Canterbury town meeting. Where the meeting recorded vote tallies, they are shown; where the transcript recorded voice or card votes without counts, the tally is listed as not specified.

Election results and candidate tallies (as read during the meeting): - Shaker Regional School District moderator: Heidi Chaney, 1,100 votes (plus 6 write-ins as read). (source: announcement at meeting) - Belmont school board rep: Sean Embry 760, Anne Cheshire 420 (combined results of towns). (source: announcement) - Canterbury select/town offices: various tallies announced; see town report pages referenced by the moderator for full counts (moderator read multiple vote totals). Where the meeting read counts: Article 2 passed 228–143; Article 3 (town) passed 305–93; Article 4 passed 286–110; Article 5 passed 251–134; Article 6 passed 343–59.

Warrant-article outcomes (selected articles debated or reported at the meeting): - Article 7 — Raise and appropriate $3,485,250 for general municipal operations: APPROVED (select board recommended). Vote tally: not specified in transcript at the final show-of-cards. - Article 8 — Raise and appropriate $88,000 for capital reserves (chart on page 13): APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified. - Article 9 — Raise and appropriate $35,874 to pay principal $35,000 and interest $874 on the Gold Star bond (from unassigned fund balance): APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified. - Article 10 — Approve use of $7,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay for previously-raised voting machine funds: APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified. - Article 11 — Renovation of Sam Lake House garage using Sand Lake House capital reserve fund (estimated $70,000–$80,000): APPROVED. Vote tally: article carried by show of cards; specific tally not recorded in transcript. - Article 12 — $20,000 for weatherization of Elkins Public Library: APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified. - Article 13 — Establish Voting Equipment capital reserve fund and place $5,000 into it: APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified. - Article 14 — Establish Renewable Energy capital reserve fund and place $1,000 into it: APPROVED (an amendment to broaden purposes was withdrawn). Vote tally: not specified. - Article 15 — Withdraw $6,500 from transfer station capital reserve fund for feasibility and suitability study: APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified. - Article 16 — Raise and appropriate funds (approx. $10,500) for hazardous-waste day (Solid Waste Committee estimate): APPROVED. - Article 17 — Petition to raise $6,000 for a stationary electric compactor and concrete pad (replace packer truck): FAILED (petition not recommended by select board; voters rejected by show of cards). - Article 18 — Petition to change purpose of the transfer station capital reserve fund to allow feasibility/engineering work statewide: FAILED (two-thirds required; voters defeated the petition). - Article 19 — Authorize selectmen to accept up to $15,000 distribution from Sand Lake Trust Fund for Sam Lake House capital reserve: APPROVED. Vote tally: not specified.

Notes: Many votes at the meeting were taken by raising green (yes) and red (opposed) cards; the moderator recorded passage or failure without publishing arithmetic tallies for several warrant articles. For articles where the transcript includes a numeric tally, the numbers above match the meeting reading; where no numeric tally was recorded in the transcript, the tally field below is set to not specified. For precise counts consult the official minutes and the town clerk’s certified results.