No Contested Races on Town Election Ballot

For the first time since 2005, there will be no contested races on the town election ballot.

No additional people filed an intention Thursday to run for the 11 open positions on the March 30 Annual Town Election ballot. The deadline to do so was 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5

One person has pulled papers for each of the 11 open positions on the ballot. Nine of those people have qualified for the ballot.

Ryan James Poteat for Park and Recreation Commissioner and Julie Zelermeyer Perlman for Planning Board have not yet returned papers and been certified to appear on the ballot. The deadline to do that is 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9.

If Poteat or Perlman do not return their papers by the Feb. 9 deadline, there will be no candidate on the ballot for the office they pulled papers for.

The nine people who have qualified for the ballot are: Charles G. Russo for Select Board, Liam J. Vesely for Board of Assessors, Ingrid J. Mayyasi and Elizabeth Mathews Iwasaki for Goodnow Library Trustee, Susan Ruth Sama for Board of Health, Julie Leigh Durgin and Ellen Lederer-DeFrancesco for Sudbury School Committee, and Ravi Simon of Sudbury and Jason McLure of Lincoln for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District School Committee.

To appear on the ballot, prospective candidates must file an intention to run, gather the signatures of at least 50 registered Sudbury voters on a set of nomination papers, return those signatures by the Feb. 9 deadline, and the Town Clerk’s office must certify those signatures.

According to the Town Clerk’s office, as of the 5:00 p.m. deadline Feb. 5, the following people filed their intention to run. An asterisk (*) indicates an official candidate whose name will appear on the ballot.

Select Board

(1 seat, 3 years)

Charles G. Russo*

Board of Assessors

(1 seat, 3 years)

Liam J. Vesely*

Goodnow Library Trustee

(2 seats, 3 years)

Ingrid J. Mayyasi*

Elizabeth Mathews Iwasaki*

Board of Health

(1 seat, 3 years)

Susan Ruth Sama*

Park and Recreation Commissioner

(1 seat, 3 years)

Ryan James Poteat

Planning Board

(1 seat, 3 years)

Julie Zelermeyer Perlman

Sudbury School Committee

(2 seats, 3 years)

Julie Leigh Durgin*

Ellen Lederer-DeFrancesco*

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District School Committee

(2 seats, 3 years)

Ravi Simon (Sudbury)*

Jason McLure (Lincoln)*