Your vote counts — Wellesley votes on Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Contested seats:

There are three contested races in the March 6 election

Ron Alexander
K.C. Kato

Laura Roberts
Martin J. McHale, Jr.
Jerry Nigro
Katie Griffith

Sharon Gray
Ronald Alexander
Linda H. Chow

Board of Assessors, 1 seat (uncontested)
W. Arthur Garrity, III

Board of Public Works, 1 seat (uncontested)
David A. T. Donohue

Board of Health, 1 seat (uncontested)
Marcia Testa Simonson

Moderator, 1 year, 1 seat (uncontested)
Donald S. McCauley

Town Clerk, 3 years, 1 seat (contested)
Ron Alexander
KC Kato

Board of Selectmen, 2 seats (uncontested)
Marjorie R. Freiman
Jack H. Morgan

School Committee, 2 seats (contested)
Sharon Gray
Ron Alexander
Linda H. Chow

Library Trustees, 2 seats (uncontested)
Maura Murphy
Diane C. Savage

Natural Resources Commission, 2 seats (contested)
Laura Robert
Martin J. McHale, Jr.
Jerry Nigro
Katie Griffith

Planning Board, 2 seats (one 5-year and one 3-year), uncontested
James L. Roberti (5 years)
Kathleen E. Woodward (3 years)

Recreation Commission, 3 seats, (two 3-year and one 1-year), uncontested
Paul Cramer (3 years)
Mark Wolfson (3 years)
Laurance Stuntz (1 year)

All 10 Town Meeting seats for each precinct are up for election, with some additional seats available due to resignations.

Wellesley has 11 Boards and Committees elected at the Annual Town election each year in March
The seats on these boards are staggered so that one or two seats are elected each year for 3-year terms
Planning and Housing are 5-year terms

Wellesley also has a representative Town Meeting for 240 members elected by voting precinct.

Town Meeting Members have staggered three-year terms, so 10 are elected each year from each precinct.

Town Meeting meets in March/April to vote on operating budgets, capital expenditures and bylaws for the town.