May 12, 1997 City of
The following "Statement Or Return of Election" was presented by Chief Election Judge, Nancy A. Smelser:
"STATEMENT OR RETURN OF ELECTION To The Mayor and Common Council of
We the undersigned Judges and Clerk of the Biennial Municipal Election, held in the City of Westminster, Maryland, on Monday, May 12, 1997, (between the hours of 7 o'clock A.M. and 7 o'clock P.M.) for the election of Mayor and two Council Members to serve as members of the Common Council for the City of Westminster for four years commencing on the Third Monday of May, 1997, do hereby certify that the polls were opened at 7 A.M. and closed at 7 P.M. on this 12 day of May, 1997, and that at said election the whole number of votes cast was 903 and of that number those cast for the candidates for the respective offices was and is as follows:
FOR MAYOR NUMBER OF VOTES
Kenneth A. Yowan 227
Jerry Toadvine 121
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS NUMBER OF VOTES
Edward S. Calwell 268
Damian L. Halstad 287
And it appearing that Mayor Kenneth Yowan and Edward Calwell and Damian Halstad for Common Council received a majority of the votes cast, we the undersigned Judges and Clerk of the election, do hereby certify and proclaim that the forenamed persons were duly and fairly elected to their respective offices for four years.
And it further appearing that Kenneth Yowan, Edward Calwell and Damian Halstad were the 3 candidates who received the highest number of votes cast for Mayor and Common Council we do hereby declare that they will hold office for the four years.
And we do further certify that the above statement is correct in all and every respect, and that notice has been given to the candidates of their election.
Witness our hands this 12 day of May, 1997
s/ Nancy A. Smelser s/ Fred L. Plunkert Chief Judges"
For more information:
Elections History Carroll County, Elections History Westminster, History Westminster
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