One Week and Counting Until Reading Votes

The signs are back. Can you tell it's election season?

But if Reading residents learned anything after the failed October override, it's not the lawns with signs you have to worry about. Tuesday at 7 a.m. the doors open at the Reading Memorial High School Field House and the voting commences. After 6,892 residents (36.9 percent) turned out to defeat the override last fall, it's hoped that Reading again has a strong turnout.

And what's on the line? Here's a look at what and who you'll be voting on Tuesday.

Board of Selectman (three years, vote for two): Andrew Friedmann, John Halsey, and Kevin Sexton.

Board of Library Trustees (three years, vote for two): Ruth Doucette, Nina Pennacchio, and Sherri Lynn Vanden Akker.

School Committee (three years, vote for two): Jeanne Borawski, Linda Snow Dockser, and Erin Calvo-Bacci.

School Committee (two years, vote for one): Carl Anderson, Nicholas Boivin.

Moderator (one year, vote for one): Alan Foulds.

Municipal Light Board (three years, vote for one): Thomas O'Rourke.

Town Meeting Members, Precinct 1 (three years, vote for not more than eight): Linda Snow Dockser, Nancy Docktor, John Halsey, David Francis Lee, Peter Lydecker, Elaine Webb, Emmy Dove, W Megan Fidler-Carey, James Vincent Martin, and Paul Tammaro.

Question 1: Marijuana Establishment Ban: Shall the Reading Town Meeting be authorized to adopt an amendment to the Reading Zoning Bylaw prohibiting, from all zoning districts within the Town, marijuana establishments as defined in Section 1(j) of Chapter 94G of the Massachusetts General Laws, including commercial marijuana cultivators, marijuana testing facilities, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana retailers, and any other type of marijuana-related businesses, but excluding Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries as defined in Section 2.0 of the Zoning Bylaw?