Published on November 03, 2015

Incumbent town councilor Jessica Sullivan was elected to a third consecutive term on the Town Council, Sara Lennon elected to a third, non-consecutive term; and Jamie Garvin was elected to his first council term in the municipal election Nov. 3

In a four-way race for three seats on the School Board, Elizabeth Scifres was voted in for a second, non-consecutive term, and Heather Altenburg and John Voltz won election to first terms on the board.

Sullivan garnered the most votes in the seven-way election for three seats on the council with 1,372 votes, followed by Lennon, 1,273; and Garvin with 1,262. In the School Board race, Altenburg had 1,618 votes, followed by Scifres with 1,594 and Voltz with 1,306.

Results are unofficial as of 9 p.m. Nov. 3. Town Clerk Debra Lane estimated a voter turnout of 33 percent.

In the state referendum election, Cape Elizabeth voters supported all three ballot questions, favoring initiatives for strengthening Maine's Clean Election Act; a bond issue to support housing for low-income seniors; and, another bond issue for highway and bridge construction.

State Referendum Ballot
Cape Elizabeth Results Only:

Maine Referendum Election

Question 1:  Citizen Initiative

An Act To Strengthen the Maine Clean Election Act, Improve Disclosure and Make Other Changes to the Campaign Finance Laws

Do you want to change Maine law to allow publicly financed state candidates to qualify for additional funds under certain limits and rules in the Maine Clean Election Act, to improve the disclosure of who pays for political ads, and to increase penalties for violations of campaign finance law?

Yes ............. 1728
No .............. 830

Question 2:  Bond Issue

Do you favor a $15,000,000 bond issue for the construction of new energy-efficient affordable homes for low-income seniors, the adaptive reuse of structures for homes for low-income seniors and the repair and weatherization of existing homes for low-income seniors, which will create jobs and will be matched by an estimated $22,600,000 in private and other funds?

Yes ............. 1943
No .............. 626

Question 3:  Bond Issue

Do you favor an $85,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities and equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, transit and bicycle and pedestrian trails, to be used to match an estimated $121,500,000 in federal and other funds?

Yes ............. 2123
No .............. 448

Municipal Ballot

TOWN COUNCIL - For a three-year term until December 10, 2018. Vote for up to three (3)

• ALTZNAUER, IMOGENE E. .........486
• BISHOP, ROGER A. ...................445
• GARVIN, JAMES M. ....................1262
• LENNON, SARA W. ................... 1273
• MILLER, RALPH A. .................... 764
• SULLIVAN, JESSICA L. .............. 1372
• VOLENT, VICTORIA A. .............. 596
• WRITE-IN

SCHOOL BOARD - For a three-year term until December 10, 2018. Vote for up to three (3)

• ALTENBURG, HEATHER W. ........ 1618
• GROSS, WILLIAM H. III ............ 1240
• SCIFRES, ELIZABETH K. ........... 1594
• VOLTZ, JOHN C. ....................... 1306
• WRITE-IN

CAPE ELIZABETH RESULTS ONLY
PORTLAND WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES - For a five year term until November 2020. Vote for up to one (1)

• SIVISKI, JOSEPH C. .................. 1486
  South Portland
• WRITE-IN