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)
- David Kelsey
- Robert Jose
Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate (Petitioning candidates)
- Nancy Hutchinson
- Harry S. Plaut
Region 18 Board of Education (Democrats)
- Peter Hunt
- Paul Fuchs
- Michelle Roche