Politics & Government
Officials To 'Recanvass' Several Greenwich RTM Races
Recounts will take place in voting districts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 in the election of Representative Town Meeting candidates.

GREENWICH, CT — The Greenwich Registrars of Voters announced on Friday that it will hold recounts in voting districts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 in the election of Representative Town Meeting candidates.
A "recanvass," as it's formally called, will be conducted on the returns of voting machines, absentee ballots and write-in ballots in the RTM race on Monday, Nov. 13, at 9 a.m., in the Town Hall Meeting Room, according to a notice from the Registrars' office.
In this election, there were 336 candidates for 230 seats. The RTM is the town's legislative body. The RTM can:
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- Approve all expenditures by the town over $5,000
- Approve, reduce, and eliminate appropriations
- Approve or reject nominations to town bodies as made by the selectmen
- Decide whether the town shall accept federal or state funds for town projects
- Create special committees to deal with particular subjects such as labor contracts, claims, and redistricting
- Pass "sense of the meeting" resolutions urging that other branches of government initiate desired legislation, or expressing disapproval of actions that have been taken; act as the final planning authority on municipal improvements
- Initiate and pass ordinances
The Greenwich Registrars of Voters posted a joint statement explaining RTM recounts ahead of the election. The statement can be viewed here.
Preliminary vote totals from the districts that are set to be recanvassed are below:
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District 4 - vote for up to 17
- Javier Alejandro Aleman: 532
- Seth Wayland Bacon: 377
- Andrea Lynn Blume: 436
- Maria Bocchino: 538
- Joshua Hamilton Brown: 374
- Ronald Francis Carosella: 420
- Andrea J. Casson: 429
- Charles F. Costello: 503
- Elizabeth J. "Liz" Eckert: 536
- Laura A. Estevez: 387
- Mark D. Fichtel: 318
- Rosemarie Macaluso: 447
- Robert James McKnight Jr.: 415
- Kristen Niemynski: 422
- Richard P. Niemynski: 368
- Rose Pinchuk: 341
- Alexander J. Popp: 438
- Romulo E. Samaniego: 358
- Deigo Sanchez: 521
- Lucy H. von Brachel: 459
- Bonnie Zeh: 227
- Lumnije Zogaj: 266
District 5 - vote for up to 19
- Eric Peter Beiley: 798
- Joseph H. Benoit Jr.: 458
- Kathleen M. Brady: Dropped out
- Edward T. "Tom" Broadhurst III: 1,051
- Alberto F. Chiesara: 360
- Jerome J. "Jerry" Cincotta: 419
- Linda A. Cochran: 825
- Christina S. Downey: 895
- Leka "Alex" Elezaj: 368
- Douglas Marten Fenton: 778
- Allison C. "Icy" Frantz: 739
- Diana B. Gailes: 173
- Maria Gabriela Herrmann-Schnabl: 379
- Sharon Drew Kistler: 364
- Paul Eugene Kramer: 886
- Lucy D. Krasnor: 832
- Lindy Marie Lilien: 811
- Shawn J. McDonnell: 374
- Sean Andrew Olesen: 762
- Paul A. Olmsted: 480
- Jane Owen Brash: 896
- Allison W. Rogers: 474
- Felice "Felix" Rovelli: 463
- Marco Gerhard Schnabl: 341
- Martha Ozizmir Shoemaker: 429
- Joan Button Thakor: 826
- Kimberly R. Treibick: 847
- Peter G. Van Duyne: 464
- Susan E. Weis: 467
- Catherine L. Whitaker: 463
District 6 - vote for up to 21
- Jennifer Ann Andrews: 997
- Sally Eddy Bednar: 466
- Robert S. Bodey: 389
- Marilyn Ross Cahn: 938
- Robert W. Carter: 922
- Nicole Murphy Chaudhri: 946
- Wendy B. Day: 464
- Nancy F. Dearing: 483
- Carol C. Ducret: 532
- Morgan R. Evans: 948
- Noah R. Finz: 970
- Lawrence William Imbrogno III: 430
- Daniel Izzo: 939
- Coline Jenkins: 797
- Peter W. Kemp: 431
- Eben MacNeille: 191
- Jamie Ann Magic Downes MacNeille: 219
- Brian J. Maher: 461
- Nancy Martin-Sturza: 376
- John M. McShea: 445
- John M. Merrill: 1,016
- Stephen Meskers: 1,184
- Barbara S. O'Neill: 1,009
- Tracy Dawn Parsons "Grossman": 932
- Anna S. Povinelli: 391
- Kathleen S. "Kathy" Smith: 446
- David P. Snyder: 897
- Mary Manuel Tobin: 940
- Alexis Voulgaris: 974
- Michelle Maclachlan Waugh: 896
- Stacey L. Widlitz: 885
- Victoria Martin Young: 985
- Carol Melone Zuckert: 420
District 7 - vote for up to 19
- Debbie L. Appelbaum: 662
- Ana Arsov: 360
- Michael Peter Behringer: 382
- Kimberly Morgan Blank: 835
- Ellen M. Brennan-Galvin: 589
- Margaret H. Butler: 570
- Thomas Cahill: 644
- Alice B. Duff: 531
- Sunghi P. Frauen: 346
- Elizabeth "Betsy" J. Galindo: 756
- Wiliam W. Galvin III: 616
- Dean C. Gammons: 351
- Marianne Gattinella: 367
- Hilary Adams Gunn: 407
- Miriam L. Kreuzer: 566
- Martin T. Leibrock Jr.: 718
- Elizabeth C. MacGillivray: 429
- Elizabeth "Wynn" McDaniel: 434
- Alison M. McKiegan "Gillott": 355
- Anthony James Moor: 537
- Victoria Spencer Morton: 400
- Henry A. Orphys: 357
- Richard L. "Chad" Parris: 318
- Marina Rosin: 537
- Valerie Stauffer: 437
- Toufic Nassif Wakim: 287
- Gary Vaughn Warstler: 311
District 8 - vote for up to 26
- Hector Eduardo Arzeno: 1,183
- Lisa Becker Edmundson: 934
- Peter E. Berg: 1,099
- Francis J. "Kip" Burgwger Jr.: 906
- Jill Marie Capalbo: 859
- James J. Capparelle: 789
- Adele Caroll: 661
- Craig Edward Chapman: 977
- Robert Emmett Chmiel: 534
- Blazej Rafal Cichy: 572
- Peter Michael Cruikshank: 830
- Michael J. Devita: 668
- M. Irene Dietrich: 1,077
- Philip A. Dodson: 607
- Christine Larson Edwards: 861
- James J. Finn: 876
- Samuelle "Sammie" Terese Lazar Jacobs: 788
- Myra H. Klockenbrink: 801
- Genevieve J. "Genny" Krob: 847
- Gail A. Lauridsen: 574
- Sharon Lee Lazar: 843
- Janet McMahon: 907
- Joseph A. Montanaro: 620
- Fran R. Moran Jr.: 551
- Cheryl A. Moss: 890
- Kathleen M. Myer: 841
- Brian Peter Natale: 757
- Sean Patrick O'Donnell: 650
- Andrew Oliver II: 906
- Anna Maria Pastore: 725
- Vincent C. Pastore: 725
- Jonathan M. Perloe: 773
- Sheila M. Phelan: 838
- Daniel R. Rosell: 737
- Caryn S. Rosenbaum: 824
- Mary M. "Molly" Saleeby: 974
- Sophia Scarpelli: 777
- Joseph G. Solari III: 593
- Alison F. Soler: 847
- Brian George Sullivan: 968
- Elizabeth Dyer Tommasino: 1,011
District 9 - vote for up to 20
- Michael J. Acerbo: 477
- Michael P. Brescia: 481
- Claudia A. Carthaus: 532
- Barbara T. Darula: 759
- Patricia "Patti" DeFelice: 805
- Saverio F. DeGiorgio: 398
- Roberto J. Fernandez: 379
- Pamela R. Ferraro: 621
- Brian M. Finneran: 395
- Betsey S. Frumin: 597
- Donna Gaudioso-Zeale: 598
- Carl J. Griffasi: 505
- Elizabeth Porcher "Shaye" Hester: 498
- Anne Noel Jones "Dawson": 488
- Charles Henry Juergens: 223
- Max Robert Kordick: 349
- John T. Lamanna: 366
- Abbe F. Large: 545
- Brian J. Malin: 379
- Lauren B. O'Keefe: 639
- Geralyn Beth Orlovitz Rubenstein: 467
- Ferdinando Giuseppe Schiro: 563
- Jonathan R. Shankman: 490
- Donato "Dan" Sinisi: 449
- James Samuel Smiles: 180
- Joanne I. Steinhart: 484
- Amelia Cara Szabo: 501
- Monica M. Webster: 401
- Jane C. Weisbecker: 482
- Carol A. Zarrilli: 476
District 11 - vote for up to 23
- Walter E. "Skip" Auch Jr.: 587
- Michael J. Bear: 491
- Adam M. Brodsky: 686
- Timothy Warren Busler: 497
- Robert M. Chaney: 574
- Stephanie A. Cowie: 730
- Laura Darrin: 619
- Thomas M. Devaney: 654
- Susan D. Fahey: 695
- Tracy Freedman: 709
- Karen Barbara Giannuzzi: 694
- Ingrid Hang: 605
- Elizabeth Bradford Hopley: 549
- Cathleen M. "Cate" Keeney: 654
- Jennifer Ann Klein: 705
- Jan Rogers Kniffen: 551
- Adam L. Leader: 615
- John Patrick Leo: 509
- Mark J. Lewis: 578
- Richard J. Neuman: 663
- David E. Oliver: 395
- Vinay S. Pande: 569
- Matthew James Pierce: 182
- Sharon S. Pierce: 239
- Nerlyn Gonzalez Pierson: 574
- Brad Radulovacki: 520
- Roger Wayne Rosendahl: 456
- Kimberly Dawn Johnson Salib: 533
- Peter J. Samponaro: 623
- Michael Spilo: 510
- Cathryn Fineman "Cathy" Steel: 672
- Thomas M. West: 544
- Jordan E. Yarett: 537
- Gregory J. Zorthian: 648
District 12 - vote for up to 21
- Thomas Agresta: 1,063
- Francia Alvarez: 821
- Craig W. Amundson: 806
- Anita M. Brytus: 538
- Glen A. Canner: 763
- Michael J. D'Angelo: 616
- Valerie A. D'Angelo: 631
- David L. De Milhau: 577
- Mary Connolly Flynn: 848
- Barbara G. Hindman: 911
- Jonathan A. Kantor: 780
- Dennis J. Keegan: 573
- Mary A. Keller: 861
- David J. Lancaster: 521
- Aaron J. Leonard: 723
- Andrea Dawn LoCascio: 561
- Frederick R. Lorthioir: 532
- Abigail R. McCarthy: 790
- Richard S. Montier: 723
- Noelle Marie Moore: 764
- Michelle Mulshine: 540
- Ellen Margaret Murdock: 821
- Jeffrey Michael Norton: 567
- Gerald Joseph Porricelli: 635
- Monica Prihoda: 605
- Cristie Lynne Reid: 593
- Thomas M. Reynolds: 533
- Jocelyn Yuan Riddle: 762
- Berrin Snyder: 496
- Ayelet Steinberg: 516
- Jane S. Sulich: 624
- Ashley Galler Turner: 555
- Andrew Vranos: 990
- Andrew M. Walsh: 627
- James Waters: 830
- Andrew S. Winston: 755
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