Newton’s municipal election season is underway, with more candidates taking out nomination papers to run for City Council and School Committee. There are now several contested races for seats on the City Council and School Committee. The Newton School Committee, which has had three unclaimed seats for several weeks, now…
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Beginning in the first week in May, candidates for City Council and School Committee may take out nomination papers and begin collecting signatures for the November 7th election. Nomination papers are due at Newton City Hall on Tuesday, July 25. All 16 incumbent At-Large members of the Newton City Council…
On the rainy final day of April, the League of Women Voters of Newton (LWVN) held its second Civics Challenge. The first was in March, 2020, and then the pandemic struck, delaying a sequel until last Sunday’s match in the Cabot Elementary School cafeteria. Four “teams” — a total of…
The League of Women Voters of Newton will host Don’t just stand there…RUN! — a workshop for prospective candidates for elected office (and their campaigns) on April 26, 7PM-8PM, both in person (City Hall, Room 211) and on Zoom. A recording of the workshop will be available on the League’s…
Vote Yes for Newton filed its 30-day post-election campaign finance report at City Hall on Thursday. The report shows the group raised an additional $4,700 since the February 24 ending of its pre-election report. Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and her husband together contributed $2000 of the additional funds raised, in…
Faced with the prospect of personal fines of $25 per day for not filing a pre-election campaign-finance report as required eight days before the election, the treasurer of the No Override Newton ballot committee has filed the group’s pre-election report at City Hall. The report is dated March 17 and was…
After months of intense debate, unofficial election results posted at City Hall show that Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s two debt exclusion proposals passed by wide margins while the proposed operating override failed by a similar margin. The operating override failed by 1138 votes, and the debt exclusions for Countryside and Franklin…
The Vote Yes for Newton ballot committee filed its pre-election report with City Hall on Monday, covering the year up to February 24. Their documents (Part A, Part B) are available on the City’s campaign finance reports page. The group previously disclosed its 2022 financials on January 20. The Yes group reported raising $43,875, with…
The Special Election on the proposed override and two debt exclusions will be held on March 14, 7AM-8PM. Checking your voter status and polling location here. NOTE: Voters who usually vote at the Senior Center will vote instead at Cabot School while the Senior Center is under construction. Early voting…
Unofficial results have been released for the contested state-wide races. Newton voters selected the following: Governor/Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Secretary of State State Treasurer State Auditor Question 1: Yes: 18,869. No: 15,635. Question 2: Yes: 26,986. No: 6,893. Question 3: Yes: 17,888. No: 15,108. Question 4: Yes: 24,717. No: 9,593.