Oak Bluffs Town Clerk Colleen Morris recently qualified for the Massachusetts Town Clerks’ Association’s Certified Massachusetts Municipal Clerk designation. The municipal clerk certificate is achieved by attending MTCA-sponsored educational courses. and passing a 250-question test measuring the municipal clerk’s knowledge of Massachusetts General Laws in categories such as elections and election procedures, vital records, campaign […]
With early voting for Tuesday’s election having concluded Friday, Island town clerks are gearing up for the rest of the voting public on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Nearly a third of registered voters in Aquinnah have cast ballots via early voting. Out of the 413 registered voters in Aquinnah, 125 ballots have been submitted. Touting the […]
A recount of the race for select board was held Monday at Oak Bluffs library. The hand count of the 1,091 votes lasted more than an hour and half and resulted in the same outcome incumbent Gail Barmakian 505 to 503 for challenger Dion Alley. Barmakian told The Times she is “relieved” by the […]
On Tuesday, Oak Bluffs Town Clerk Colleen Morris tallied the winners of the finance committee seats from write-in votes cast during Thursday’s town election. Of the 216 write-ins for the three three-year seats Mimi Davisson had 46 votes, Sean Debettencourt had 40 votes, and Michael Taus had 38 votes. All three won seats. For the two-year […]