2023 Elections and Town Meeting Information - Including Results
Welcome to the 2023 Town Meeting page. As materials become available, this page will be updated to provide the public with as much information as possible to assist with understanding the matters to be voted on - both Voting Day and the Business Session.
Results of Town Meeting - March 18, 2023 - The Results of Town Meeting are in - please click HERE
Election Results including Zoning Amendments and School Ballot - March 14, 2023 - Click HERE
Petitioned Warrant Articles - The deadline for Petitioned Warrant Articles was on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 and the submission period is now CLOSED. Petitioned Warrant Articles require signatures of 25 or more registered voters or 2% of the total registered voters, whichever is less, but in no case fewer than 10 voters. For questions on this, please contact the Town Clerk / Tax Collector's Office.
Budget Committee Public Hearing - Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6m - The Public Hearing will be held at Bristol Town Offices at 5 School Street and will be live streamed. The live stream can be viewed on YouTube by following this link. The Budget Committee was able to present and vote on all required items, so there was no second meeting.
Candidates Forum - Interested in learning more about the candidates running for office. Plan on attending a Candidates Forum, hosted at the Minot-Sleeper Library on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:30am. Brittany Overton will be the Moderator. If you were unable to attend, video of the forum is available here.
Voting Day - Elections are scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The polls are open from 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM at Historic Town Hall - 45 Summer Street. Ballot Articles include the Election of Officers (Article 1) and the Proposed Zoning Amendments (Articles 2-10).
Article 1 - Election of Officers - The Filing Period for Town Elections closed on February 3, 2023. However, interested parties can still run as a write-in candidate. The following positions are OPEN and the following candidates are running for each position:
- 2 Selectmen for 3 years
- Steven Coffill
- Robert Glassett
- Scott Sanschagrin
- 1 Town Clerk/Tax Collector for 3 years
- Raymah Simpson
- 1 Treasurer for 3 years
- Kathleen Haskell
- 1 Trustee of the Trust Funds for 3 years
- Paul Regan
- 1 Trustee of the Trust Funds for 2 years
- Charles Therriault
- 1 Cemetery Trustee for 3 years
- Cheryl Cizewski
- 2 Budget Committee members for 3 years
- Susan Sodano
- OPEN
- 3 Library Trustees for 3 years
- Anita Avery
- Dorothy Prive
- Nancy Spears
- 1 School Board member for 3 years
- Joseph C Maloney
- Randall Kelley
- 1 School Budget Committee member for 3 years
- Open
- 1 School Moderator for 1 year
- Open
Articles 2-10 - Proposed Zoning Amendments are prepared by the Planning Board. They have been vetted throughout the year and presented at Public Hearings held in 2022. For more information on the reasoning behind each proposed change visit the 2023 Proposed Zoning Amendments page or view the full information document HERE.
For additional information from the Planning Board on the changes proposed, here is a brief video explaining each article.
2023 Sample Ballots:
Town Meeting - Business Session - March 18, 9:00 AM at the Newfound Regional High School Auditorium - This session is for Articles 11- 22, which include the operating budget and any proposed capital items or special Warrant Articles.
- 2023 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
- 2023 MS-737 Proposed Budget (Department of Revenue Report)
- 2023 Proposed Budget Appropriations (Town's Excel Worksheet)
2022 Town Report - The Town Report books are available at the Town Offices and will be available at both elections and Town Meeting. The digital version is available HERE.