Facing an unprecedented election where all 202 town meeting seats are up for grabs, Town Clerk Bartley Connolly arranged to test computer voting machines from Electronic Voting Machine Corp.
Town Officials Study Voting Machines and Computer Tabulation to Ease Election Costs-November 7, 1966
Facing rising post-1960 election worker costs and overnight counting delays at the Norwood Armory, town officials are evaluating automatic voting machine leases and IBM 360 computer tabulation.
542 New Voter Registrations Ensure Town Meeting Redistricting Plan for September-August 16, 1966
Driven by a Democratic Town Committee registration push, 542 new voters brought Norwood's total to 13,436, triggering September town meeting redistricting for a 201-member assembly.