Wayland 2022 Election Guide: Candidates, Polling Places, Poll Hours

WAYLAND, MA — Voters in Wayland will head to the polls on Tuesday for the 2022 town election, which will feature contested races for seats on the school committee and select board, plus two ballot questions dealing with levy limit increases.

The election on May 10 will look more like ones that took place before coronavirus, with pandemic voting rules in Massachusetts now expired. No-excuse voting by mail may return at some point, but state lawmakers have not approved new rules.

Another change this year is due to the Census results released over the summer. The town has had to redraw some precincts, and you can double-check where yours is on the Secretary of the Commonwealth's website. However, these change likely won't affect voters until state elections in November due to the change in legislative districts.

Here's everything you need to know about who's on the ballot in 2022, and how to vote.

In-person voting

Polls will be open in Wayland on May 10 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wayland Middle School gym, 201 Main St., for precincts 2 and 3; and the Town Hall gym for precincts 1 and 4.

Absentee voting

Unlike the two previous pandemic elections, absentee voting will only be allowed this year under limited circumstances, just like in elections prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• You're going to be out of town on Election Day
• You have a disability prevents you from going to the polls
• You have a religious belief that prevents you from voting in person

You can download an absentee ballot on the clerk's website. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is noon on May 9.

What's On The Ballot

This year, voters in Wayland will pick candidates in contested races for Wayland Select Board, Wayland School Committee — a race that features no incumbent candidates — and the Recreation Commission.

Voters will also be asked to approve two levy limit increases. The first would pay for the design and construction of a new community center and Council on Aging facility near the intersection of Route 20 and Andrew Avenue near the Stop & Shop plaza. The second would pay for a new grass sports field complex at the Loker Conservation Area. Read more about the levy lift questions here.

Wayland Patch sent the candidates in the school committee and select board races questionnaires ahead of the May 10 election. You can read those by clicking on the names of the candidates below. An (i) symbol next to a name indicates an incumbent.

Board of Selectmen (vote for one)

• Thomas Fay (i)
• Dovie King
• Clifford Lewis

School Committee (vote for one)

• Erin Gibbons
• Craig Gruber

Board of Assessors (vote for one)

• Steven Paul Klitgord

Trustees of the Public Library (vote for two)

• Elaine K. Donnelly
• Elisa Scola

Board of Health (3-year term, vote for one)

• Genevieve G. Anand

Board of Health (1-year term, vote for one)

• Robert Carnes Eyre

Planning Board (vote for one)

• No candidate

Board of Public Works (vote for two)

• Michalel Price Lowery (i)
• Michael B. Wegerbauer (i)

Recreation Commissioner (vote for two)

• Asa Foster (i)
• Thruston Wright III (i)
• Frank Krasin

Commissioner of Trust Funds (vote for one)

• Adam Garrett Gutbezahl (i)

Housing Authority (vote for one)

• Mary M. Antes