Election 2018: Danvers Voter's Guide

DANVERS, MA -- The town's annual, municipal election is on Saturday, April 7. Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm. To see if you are registered to vote in this year's town election, see the Secretary of State's Website. All precincts vote at the Danvers High School at 60 Cabot Road. For information on early voting or other voting related questions please contact the Clerk’s Office.

Danvers operates under a representative Town Meeting form of government, with town meeting representatives elected from each precinct. To see which precinct you live in, consult the town's "Your Local Services" page.

Visit Danvers Patch's Politics & Government page for complete election coverage.

The complete list of candidates is below. Candidates running for reelection are listed in boldface.

Moderator (one-year term, choose one)

• Patricia Fraizer

Board of Selectmen (three-year term, choose two)

• Gardner Trask
  
• Bill Clark
• Stan Svensson
• Thomas Ayers

School Committe (three-year term, choose two)

• Mary Beth Verry
  
• David Thomson
• Kevin Neely

Library Trustees (two-year term, choose one)

• Christine Farrar
• Jane Byrne

Only two candidates returned nomination papers for three seats on the board of library trustees that have three-year terms. There are also more open seats than candidates for town meeting representative in Precints 1, 2, 7 (one-year term) and 8.

There are contested races for town meeting representative in precincts 3, 5 and 7. See the sample ballot on the town's Website for a complete list of candidates, including candidates running for town meeting and candidates running in uncontested races.

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