Voters in Windham and Raymond set to cast ballots in Primary Day election

Windham Town Clerk Linda Morrell, left, and Deputy Town
Clerk Judy Vance will oversee Tuesday's Primary Day election
in Windham with voting hours from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the
Windham High School Auxiliary Gym.
PHOTO BY ED  PIERCE 

By Ed Pierce

Some interesting political races and referendum issues will be decided Tuesday, June 14 when voters head to the polls to cast ballots in Windham and Raymond on Maine Primary Day.

Voting in Windham will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Windham High School's Auxiliary Gym. Items on the Primary Day ballot for Windham include a referendum to approve or reject the proposed sewer project for North Windham, and another to approve or reject the RSU 14 annual school budget.

Absentee ballot requests were only available through Thursday, June 9 for Windham voters, according to Windham Town Clerk Linda Morrell. She said you must be registered to vote to cast a ballot in this year’s Primary Day election.

Windham candidates appearing on this year’s Primary Day ballot are:

State Senate District 26

Gary Plummer (Republican)
Timothy Nangle (Democrat)

State Representative District 106
Tom Tyler (Republican)
Barbara Bagshaw (Republican)
Jonathan Priest (Democrat)

The winner of the Tyler and Bagshaw Republican primary race will advance to the General Election in November, all other candidates without opponents will be placed on the General Election ballot for November.

State Representative District 107
Paul Fullam (Democrat)
Michael Hall (Republican)

Raymond Town Clerk Sue Look said that the Annual Raymond Town Meeting Warrant will be voted on by secret ballot by voters on Primary Day on June 14 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jordan-Small Middle School gymnasium.

According to Look, there are 15 Town Warrant items on this year’s ballot and most of them are regarding the town budget and taxation rate for the coming year.

She said that the RSU 14 school budget will also be voted upon by Raymond voters on Primary Day.

Raymond candidates appearing on the Primary Day ballot are:

State Representative District 86
Jessica Fay (Democrat)
Karen Lockwood (Republican)
Greg Foster (Republican)

The winner of the Lockwood versus Foster Republican primary race will advance to the General Election in November to face the incumbent, Fay.

Raymond Select Board (two seats for three-year terms)
Rolf Olsen
Teresa Sadak

Raymond Budget-Finance Committee (three seats for three-year terms)
Deanna Lee
Karen Lockwood

RSU 14 Board of Directors (one seat for a three-year term)
Charlotte Jewell

RSU 14 Board of Directors (one seat for a one-year term)
Jodi Carroll

Look said that since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, voter turnouts have been larger than previous similar elections. She said Primary Day voting usually is sparse unless there is a hotly contested race or a hot topic referendum question.

“Given that, I expect to be busy this primary, but I do not know how big the turnout will be,” Look said.

Absentee ballots in Raymond are available by visiting https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl <