{"id":2833,"date":"2016-11-19T19:15:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T23:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2016-11-19T19:15:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T23:15:13","slug":"election-results-certified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2833","title":{"rendered":"Election results certified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced Friday evening that the<br \/>\nresults of the November 8th State Election have been finalized and<br \/>\ncertified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After waiting the legally-required ten days, dozens of hand-counted,<br \/>\noverseas, and military ballots have now been added to the unofficial<br \/>\nresults from last Tuesday&#8217;s election,&#8221; said Harder-Bernier.  &#8220;Hanover<br \/>\nshould be proud of its 84.5% turnout, but this number is slightly less than<br \/>\nour average turnout from the previous three presidential elections.<br \/>\nRegardless, it far exceeds the national average of 58 &#8211; 62% over the last<br \/>\nthree presidentials,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>48% of Hanover residents voted for Donald Trump, with 42% voting for<br \/>\nHillary Clinton.  Newcomer and Hanover resident Kara Nyman narrowly edged<br \/>\nDavid DeCoste for Representative in General Court in Hanover, but DeCoste<br \/>\nwas re-elected to the seat after Norwell and Rockland vote totals were<br \/>\nadded to the overall race results.  Long-time political leader Daniel<br \/>\nPallotta was re-elected to another term as Plymouth County Commissioner,<br \/>\nand he easily won his hometown of Hanover as well.  Hanover appeared to<br \/>\nhave the second highest &#8220;no&#8221; vote total on Question Four (the legalization<br \/>\nof marijuana) in the state as of this writing.  58% of voters voted against<br \/>\nthe measure which nevertheless passed state-wide.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please see the attached spreadsheet or contact Town<br \/>\nClerk Catherine Harder-Bernier at catherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or<br \/>\n(781) 826-5000 x1079 .<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221;,<br \/>\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221; (&#8220;ATOTW&#8221;) has been a valued push notification<br \/>\nsince the spring of 2004 &#8211; long before there were push notifications!<\/p>\n<p>For submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions<br \/>\nabout &#8220;ATOTW&#8221;, please go to http:\/\/www.atotw.com.<br \/>\nTo search for archived &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; news, view the archive<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be added to this distribution list, click here<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nPlease follow the link in the response e-mail to validate your<br \/>\naccount. 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