Cape Elizabeth voters overwhelmingly said "no" to a proposed pay/display system of parking fees at Fort Williams Park, and narrowly elected Democrat Cynthia Dill to the Maine House of Representatives for District 121 in elections Tuesday.

Dill won election to the State House by a margin of 176 votes, defeating Republican Jennifer Duddy 2,432 to 2,256.

Cape voters also voted down an advisory referendum question on whether the town should implement at"pay/display" parking fee for non-residents, 3,145 votes to 1,951.

In the municipal election for Town Council, voters elected to return incumbent David Backer to another term, and elected Sara Lennon and James Rowe to new terms.

In the race for School Board, incumbent Kevin Sweeney was re-elected, and Karen Burke and Peter Cotter will serve new terms as new School Board members beginning next month.

Cape Elizabeth voters also weighed in with a "no" vote on state Question 1, the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, with 2,167 voting for the government spending initiative and 3,173 voting against.

No official turnout calculations are yet available, but Town Clerk April Cohen-Tracy estimated that nearly 60 percent of Cape Elizabeth's voters cast ballots, including approximately 1,900 absentee .

Here are the Cape Elizabeth results:

General Election:

UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Hay Bright, Jean M.    1417
                   Dixmont

Independent        Slavik, William H.      199
                   Portland

Republican         Snowe, Olympia J.      3742
                   Falmouth


GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Baldacci, John E.      2312
                   Bangor

Green Independent  LaMarche, Patricia H.   461
                   Yarmouth

Independent Maine  Merrill, Barbara       1206
Course             Appleton

Tax Equality       NaPier, Phillip Morris  21
Rebellion          Windham

Republican         Woodcock, Chandler E.  1378
                   Farmington



REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS District 1
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Allen, Thomas H.       3185
                   Portland

Republican         Curley, Darlene J.     1710
                   Scarborough

Independent        Kamilewicz, Dexter      374
                   Harpswell


STATE SENATOR
District 7
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Bromley, Lynn          3066
                   South Portland

Republican         Glynn, Kevin J.        1917
                   South Portland

Green Independent  Louis, Keith M.         317
                   South Portland


REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE
District 121
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Dill, Cynthia A.       2432
                   Cape Elizabeth

Republican         Duddy, Jennifer J.     2256
                   Cape Elizabeth

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE
District 123
(Cape Elizabeth and South Portland)
Vote for ONE

Republican         Crosby, Gary J.        224
                   South Portland

Democrat           Eberle, Jane E.        410
                   South Portland

JUDGE OF PROBATE
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Mazziotti, Joseph R.   3951
                   Westbrook


COUNTY TREASURER
Vote for ONE

Democrat           Gurney, Diane Lee      2624
                   Portland

Republican         Ridge, John F.         2252
                   South Portland


REGISTER OF DEEDS
Vote for ONE

Republican         Chapman, Donna M.      2084
                   Windham

Democrat           Lovely, Pamela E.      2705
                   Portland


SHERIFF
Vote for ONE


Republican         Blaise, Edward M.      1796
                   Standish

Democrat           Dion, Mark N.          3296
                   Portland

DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Vote for ONE


Republican         Anderson, Stephanie    4255
                   Cape Elizabeth

Referendum Election Sample Ballot

Question 1: Citizen Initiative

Do you want to limit increases in state and local government spending to the rate of inflation plus population growth and to require voter approval for all tax and fee increases?

Yes 2167  No 3173

Question 2: Constitutional Amendment

Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to state that a citizen's initiative or people's veto petition must be submitted to local or state officials by the constitutional deadline in order to be certified and, in the case of a citizen's initiative, must be filed with the Secretary of State within 18 months?

Yes 2830 No 2097

Municipal Ballot

Municipal Offices:

Town Council (three year term to expire 12/14/2009)
Vote for 3

Altznauer, Greg S.   1714
Backer, David J.     3371
Lennon, Sara W.      3223
Rowe, James S.       3524

School Board (three year term to expire 12/14/2009)
Vote for 3

Burke, Karen B.      3619
Cotter, Peter H.     2535
Stamieszkin, Piotr   2296
Sweeney, Kevin P.    3062

Referendum:

The Town Council has considered the issue of adopting a "pay/display" parking fee program in Fort Williams Park to help support park maintenance and improvements. By vote on Sept. 11, 2006, the Town Council has referred the following question to the voters for their input on this issue:

Would you favor the Town establishing a "pay/display" parking fee for nonresidents at Fort Williams Park to help support park maintenance and improvements?

Yes 1951 No 3145