Politics & Government
Sample Ballot for Reading Town Election Now Available
Reading voters will be selecting for a few contested races and a rewritten charter.

Reading voters will head to the polls on April 7 to select new selectmen, school committee members, library trustees and approve (or not) a reworded charter for the town.
Sample ballots listing the candidates for town meeting representative in each precinct, as well as the language of a question relating to the charter update, are now available on the Town of Reading website.
The entire town will be voting for the following:
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Selectmen - 3-year:
John J. Arena
Selectmen - 1-year (select no more than one):
Barry C. Berman
David Traniello
Board of Library Trustees:
Alice W. Collins
Municipal Light Board:
John Walter Stempeck
David R. Hennessy
School Committee - 3-year (select no more than two):
Elaine L. Webb
Gary M. Nihan
School Committee - 1-year (select no more than one):
Nancy A. Docktor
Julianne Joyce
Steven Zessis
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