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Williams, Brittingham get certified by elections board

(Sept. 8, 2016) Making it official, Berlin’s Board of Supervisors of Elections met on Tuesday to certify the last two candidates for office to file paperwork by the Sept. 2 deadline.
Those candidates were incumbents Mayor Gee Williams and District 3 Councilman Elroy Brittingham.
During the meeting at Town Hall, the board also certified that each had filed financial disclosures, which staff liaison Mary Bohlen said was done in April.
Bohlen said ads would run in local papers during the next few weeks advertising the election on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Bohlen said anyone in line by 7 p.m. would be allowed to vote. Police are generally present to monitor that, she added.  
Absentee voting applications are available now and will be accepted by mail until Sept. 27, or in person at Town Hall on 10 Williams Street, by Sept. 30.
The write-in candidate deadline is Sept. 27. Bohlen said those candidates would not appear on the physical ballot, but added that any vote for a write-in candidate who does not file would be considered void.
All voters in Berlin will have a choice between Williams and current District 2 Councilwoman Lisa Hall for mayor. District 2 voters can choose between political newcomers Zackery Tyndall or Jack Orris. In District 3, only Elroy Brittingham has filed.
The board will meet again on Sept. 27.
“We’ll meet regardless, whether we have a write-in candidate or not, simply because that’s one week before the election,” Bohlen said. “It’s one last chance to kind of look at things and make sure everyone is on the same page.”
After the polls close on Oct. 4, the elections committee will meet in Town Hall to count the ballots. According to Bohlen, results are generally available that evening.