2011 OOB TOWN ELECTION

Incumbent Sharri MacDonald and Michael Coleman were chosen on Tuesday, November 8th by voters to serve on the Old Orchard Beach Town Council. They topped a field of five candidates. Voters favored expanding the council from five to seven members and instituting a seven-year term limit. Voters also approved a $2 million bond for the expansion of Edna Belle Libby Memorial Library. Old Orchard Beach voters joined Saco residents in support of cost sharing revisions in Regional School Unit 23.

Town Council (two seats)
Michael E. Coleman 1,327
Dana M. Furtado 1,133
Sharri K. MacDonald 1,874
Eriq E. Manson 415
Maria Pastulovic 842

RSU 23 School Board
Gary Curtis 2,603

RSU 23 cost sharing revisions
Yes 2,544
No 530

Local questions
Question 1 – Number and terms of councilors
Yes 1,572
No 1,561
Question 2 – Council term limits
Yes 2,144
No 979
Question 3 – Education
Yes 2321
No 650
Question 4 – All other changes
Yes 2,062
No 650
Question 5 – Library renovation bond
Yes 2,281
No 893

Maine referendum questions

#1 – Repeal of same-day voting elimination
Yes 1,970
No 1,273

#2 – Racinos in Biddeford and Washington County
Yes 2,062
No 1,150

#3 – Lewiston casino
Yes 1,458
No 1,748

#4 – Revision to redistricting dates
Yes 1,657
No 1,416