Click links below for:

• Fort Williams Pay/Display referendum results
• School budget validation results
• Cape Elizabeth results for state referendum and primary election will be available Wednesday, June 9

Cape Elizabeth voters said "no" June 8 to the pay/display system of collecting parking fees at Fort Williams Park that was approved by the Town Council in February.

Unofficial results June 8 show 2,532 residents who voted in a non-binding referendum said they do not favor the Town establishing a pay/display parking program for Fort Williams Park; 1,262 said "yes".

In a similar referendum in 2006, voters said "no" to parking fees at Fort Williams, 3,145 votes to 1,951.

In other election news, voters on June 8 validated a $20.7 million school budget for 2010-2011, with 2,584 voting for the budget and 1,072 voting against. Two advisory questions accompanying the validation question showed most voters believed the amount of spending, up 3.4 percent, was acceptable, but the 1,772 vote majority was followed closely by the 1,216 who said they thought the budget too high. Voters were more decisive on whether the school budget validation process should continue, with 2,680 saying Cape Elizabeth should hold school budget validation's for the next three years.

Unofficial Cape Elizabeth results for the state primary and referendum elections will be available Wednesday, June 9.

Click here to view unofficial municipal and school budget results.

Related links:

• Complications, challenges prompt councilors to encourage Election Day voting - at the polls (04/22/10)
• Fort Williams Park pay/display information page
• Cape voters say 'no' to Fort Williams parking fee, elect Dill to State House (11/07/06)

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June 8, 2010 unofficial election results:

Town of Cape Elizabeth Advisory Referendum

The Town Council has referred the following question to the voters as an advisory referendum:

• Would you favor the Town establishing a "pay/display" parking program for Fort Williams Park?

Yes 1262
No 2532

School Budget Validation Questions:

• Do you favor approving the Town of Cape Elizabeth school budget for the upcoming school year that was adopted at the last school budget meeting of the Town Council?

Yes 2584
No 1072

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The following is a non-binding expression of opinion for the consideration of the School Board and the Town Council:

• I find the school budget adopted at the May 25, 2010 Town Council's school budget meeting to be:
• Too High _____1216 votes
• Acceptable _____1772 votes
• Too Low ______506 votes

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Do you wish to continue the budget validation referendum process in Cape Elizabeth for an additional three years?

• Yes 2680 votes
• No 925 votes

Informational note:

A "Yes" vote will require Cape Elizabeth to continue to conduct a referendum to validate its annual school budget for the next three years.

A "No" vote will discontinue the budget referendum for at least three years and provide instead that the annual school budget shall be finally adopted at a meeting of the Town Council.