Braintree Holds Ballot Lottery for 2011 Election

There are now officially 31 candidates for 22 seats in Braintree's 2011 local election, and each of them now has a position on the ballot after a lottery at established the order on Thursday night.

Joe Powers, who ran the lottery with Board of Registrars Chair Maggi Johnson, also said that a deadline had passed on Thursday evening without any further withdrawals or candidate challenges.

The brief event, which was attended by a few of the candidates or their representatives, was also host to a bit of historic trivia. Every candidate's name was printed on an index card and placed into a spinning wooden box that was built in Worcester and dates back to World War II, when the Braintree Town Clerk also served as a selective service representative and pulled names for the military.

Below is the order in which the candidates will appear on Nov. 8. Keep in mind that the ballots will appear slightly different depending on district.

For more information about Braintree's election and the candidates, see our Braintree Patch Election Headquarters (coming soon is a polling places map): www.braintree.patch.com/topics/participate.

MAYOR
For 4 Years – Vote for 1
Joseph C. Sullivan, 51 West Street, Candidate for Re-election
Paul M. Walsh, Sr., 27 Howard Street

COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE
For 2 Years – Vote for 3
Michael J. Barbuto, 21 South Street
Charles B. Ryan, 24 Conrad Street, Candidate for Re-election
Leland A. Dingee, 211 Glenrose Avenue, Candidate for Re-election
Sean E. Powers, 48 King Hill Road, Candidate for Re-election

COUNCILOR – DISTRICT 1
For 2 Years – Vote for 1
Charles C. Kokoros, 70 Solar Avenue, Candidate for Re-election

COUNCILOR – DISTRICT 2
For 2 Years – Vote for 1
John C. Mullaney, 89 Herbert Road, Candidate for Re-election
Adam Brendan Ringius, 245 Elm Street

COUNCILOR – DISTRICT 3
For 2 Years – Vote for 1
Thomas M. Bowes, 19 Sheppard Avenue, Candidate for Re-election

COUNCILOR – DISTRICT 4
For 2 Years – Vote for 1
Henry N. Joyce, Jr., 12 Totnes Road, Candidate for Re-election
Stephen C. O’Brien, 63 Pilgrim Road

COUNCILOR – DISTRICT 5
For 2 Years – Vote for 1
Ronald E. DeNapoli, 16 Andrea Drive, Candidate for Re-election
William P. Sweeney, II, 293 Alida Road
Marybeth Canwell, 12 Webb Street

COUNCILOR – DISTRICT 6
For 2 Years – Vote for 1
Harold J. Randolph, 1510 Liberty Street
Paul Dan Clifford, 265 Saint Claire Street, Candidate for Re-election

SCHOOL COMMITTEE                                                                                   For 4 Years – Vote for 3
Kelly Ann Foley, 43 Walnut Avenue
Joseph A. Zarrella, 60 Sumner Avenue
Thomas P. Devin, 37 Wyman Road
Lisa Heger, 16 Connelly Circle
Shaza Alzaim, 91 Christina Drive

TRUSTEES – THAYER LIBRARY
For 4 Years – Vote for 5
Sonya Sunny Shaw, 632 Washington Street, Candidate for Re-election
Ann M. Toland, 158 Edgehill Road, Candidate for Re-election
Christian K. VanDerslice, 10 Portland Road
Patricia A. Pilgrim, 1393 Washington Street, Candidate for Re-election
Harold J. Randolph, 1510 Liberty Street, Candidate for Re-election

ELECTRIC LIGHT BOARD
For 4 Years – Vote for 1
Anthony L. Agnitti, 28 Highland Avenue E, Candidate for Re-election

HOUSING AUTHORITY
For 4 Years – Vote for 2
Marta Googins, 20 Roosevelt Street, Candidate for Re-election
Catherine C. Sullivan, 74 Geraldine Lane, Candidate for Re-election

HOUSING AUTHORITY
For 2 Years – Vote for 1                                                                       Albion R. Fletcher, Jr., 135 West Street