It’s 8:45 PM and the un-official numbers are in. The override for the Newburyport schools did NOT pass.

Yes= 2,200
No= 3,263

Total= 5,463

(Handwritten ballots have not yet been read, but according to the Newburyport city clerk, that would not change the election results.)

Number of registered voters about 11,765. So that means that almost half of the register voters of Newburyport, MA voted today, May 22, 2007. That is pretty remarkable for a special election.

Mary Eaton
Newburyport

(Editor’s Note: These are the unofficial numbers broken down by wards.)

Ward 1 Plum Island

Yes= 45
No= 182

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Ward 1

Yes= 284
No= 376

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Ward 2

Yes= 403
No= 373

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Ward 3

Yes= 323
No= 488

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Ward 4

Yes= 337
No= 573

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Ward 5

Yes= 409
No= 553

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Ward 6

Yes= 399
No= 718

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