Election Day In Waltham's Ward 6: What To Know

WALTHAM, MA — Tuesday was election day in Waltham for at least part of the Watch City. Residents of Waltham’s Ward 6 head to the polls today to pick two finalists in the special election to fill the Ward 6 City Council seat.

Polls are open until 8 p.m. and, according to one Patch reader, as of 2 p.m. only about 332 people had voted at the two polling sites 6-1 and 6-2. As of 4:30 p.m., roughly 13 percent of Ward 6's 3,300 registered voters cast ballots, the Waltham Cable Access TV station, reported.

The seat became vacant after former Robert Waddick, resigned in May to apply for the City Clerk Position. He was in the running with a couple others, and appointed June 16.

Today's election will narrow the current field of five looking to replace Waddick. Those two will then face off on the Sept. 25. election. Six residents pulled papers to throw their names in the ring for the job, including Adam Crossman, Sharline Nabulime, Steven Lester, Sean Durkee, Richard Hynes, Deborah Schreiber and Charles Smerlas.

In the end, five candidates were certified.

>> See who won: Waltham Ward 6 Preliminary Election 2018: Who Won

Who's running?

• Adam Crossman, cyclist, works in Marketing, moved to Waltham in 2014. Find him on Twitter
• Sean Durkee, US Army Warrant Officer, Army Reserves, community Volunteer

• Sharline Nabulime, journalism degree from Emerson, transplanted from Uganda to Waltham in the 90s find her on Twitter
• Deborah Schreiber, attorney, Bentley University professor, teaching law and ethics.

• Charles Smerlas, Lifelong Waltham resident, has worked with park and rec. Has bee a local realtor for the past three decades, volleyball coach at WHS. Find him on LinkedIn.

See where to vote: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/bal/MyElectionInfo.aspx

RELATED Reading:

• Ward 6 Candidates Respond to Question re: Waltham Field Station
  
• What a Waltham City Councillor Can Do: By Sharline Nabulime
• We Support Sean Durkee: Opinion
• "Let's Unleash the American Dream in Waltham": By Steven Lester
• Coming Soon: New Online Resource for Waltham Voters: By Steven Lester

The last day to register to vote for the Ward 6 Municipal Election is September 5. See the full election schedule:

Waltham Ward 6 Preliminary Election 2018: Who Won

File photo by Jenna Fisher/Patch