Town Clerk Christina Silberman described the voter turnout as “very heavy” in Gorham.
“Lots of voters,” Silberman said, but added that things were going well.
Besides the state election, Gorham voters are choosing two town councilors from a field of four. The candidates are Brenda Caldwell, Philip Csoros, Daveid Homa and Shonn Moulton.Two Gorham incumbents, Calvin Hamblen and Matt Robinson, didn’t seek re-election. Both council seats are three-year terms.
Two school committee incumbents, Jim Hager and Marie South, are running unopposed for three-year terms.
Robert Skinner, ward clerk in District 1 at Little Falls School, said that voters were lined up at the door when the polls opened at 7 a.m.
“Its amazing,” Skinner said in mid morning about the turnout. “It’s a great constant flow.”
In District 3 at the middle school, poll worker Larry Wright said the turnout has been steady throughout the day. “They were waiting for us to open,” Wright said.
An incumbent legislative candidate for House District 130, David Farrington, who standing outside, said this morning that the turnout was also steady in Gorham’s District 2 at the Masonic Building.
“There was a line at the door at 7 a.m.,” Farrington said.
Gorham Town Councilor Phil Dugas cast his ballot in District 2 at the Masonic Building on Cressey Road.
Doug Scott feeds his ballots into the counting machine in Gorham’s District 3 at the middle school while ballot clerk Larry Wright observes Tuesday.
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