TIVERTON — Nine citizens won seats on the Tiverton Charter Review Commission in a town-wide election Tuesday. All nine were endorsed by the Tiverton Taxpayers Association.
With 100 percent of the seven precincts reporting, the results for election of members for the charter review commission are listed below (the top nine vote-getters won seats).
A total of 1,999 ballots were cast, a 16.1 percent voter turnout of the 12,415 registered voters in Tiverton.
The new commission members will have up to one year to complete proposed revisions to Tiverton's Home Rule Charter, after which their proposals will go to the Tiverton Town Council for approval, revision, or rejection, and then to the voters in the November 2018 general election.
(Figures shown in parentheses are number of votes obtained, and percent of total votes cast.)
1. Justin W. LaCroix (975, 48.77%)
2. Robert D. Coulter (955, 47.77%)
3. Nancy L. Driggs (928, 46.42%)
4. Jeffrey E. Caron (923, 46.17%)
5. Donna J. Cook (923, 46.17%)
6. William F. Lopes (899, 44.97%)
7. Stephen T. Clarke (889, 44.47%)
8. Richard A. Rom (880, 44.02%)
9. Raymond D. Fougere (874, 43.72%)
10. Kimberly A. Sutherland (781, 39.06%)
11. Donna W. Edwards (719, 35.96%)
12. Michael F. Janick (677, 33.86%)
13. Andrea L. Souza (656, 32.81%)
14. Michael C. DeCotis (652, 32.61%)
15. Jennifer L. Joslyn (647, 32.36%)
16. Michael S. Burk (597, 29.86%)
17. Jason C. Mello (597, 29.86%)
18. David J. Paull (578, 28.91%)
19. David Perry (576, 28.81%)
20. Gregory B. Jones (535, 26.76%)
21. William P. Gerlach (510, 25.51%)
22. Laura A. Rom (206, 10.30%)
23. Madeline L. O'Dell (184, 9.20%)
24. John A. Perkins Jr. (128, 6.40%)