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Lottery Places Old Lyme Candidates in Order on Nov. 3 Ballot

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Old Lyme Republican Registrar Don Tapper reads the name of the candidate drawn in the lottery for placement on the ballot. Old Lyme Democratic Registrar Sylvia Peterson to his left notes the candidate's name.
Old Lyme Republican Registrar Don Tapper reads the name of the candidate drawn in the lottery for placement on the Nov. 3 ballot. Old Lyme Democratic Registrar Sylvia Peterson seated to his left notes the candidate’s name.

Old Lyme Town Clerk Eileen Coffee and Assistant Town Clerk Vicki Urbowicz presided over a lottery yesterday morning in the second floor Conference Room of Memorial Town Hall on Lyme St. to determine the horizontal order of candidates’ names for any office with a number of openings in the Nov. 3 municipal election.

Old Lyme Registrars Sylvia Peterson (D) and Don Tapper (R) drew names from a small tub, which were then carefully numbered. The names will appear in the order drawn (as shown below) on the appropriate row going from left to right on the Nov. 3 election ballot.

There were three positions for which candidate’s names were drawn and the results were as follows:

Board of Finance Alternate (Republicans)

  1. David Kelsey
  2. Robert Jose

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate (Petitioning candidates)

  1. Nancy Hutchinson
  2. Harry S. Plaut

Region 18 Board of Education (Democrats)

  1. Peter Hunt
  2. Paul Fuchs
  3. Michelle Roche