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No names on Mass. town's ballots

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HAWLEY, Mass., March 23 (UPI) -- Officials in a small Massachusetts town said a deadline passed without a single resident filing to run in the May 3 election.

Hawley Town Clerk Cyndie Stetson, 62, who also serves as a justice of the peace and a notary in addition to substitute teaching, said the March 15 deadline passed without anyone submitting the required 25 signatures to run for positions including selectmen and a tree warden in the town of 336 residents, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.

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Stetson said the town will vote write-in only May 3, with candidates needing at least two votes to win. She said the winners must then accept the position.

"It's no big deal to us,'' Stetson said.

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