Three Members Elected to NHEC Board; Ballot Question Fails to Pass by NHEC | Jun 17, 2020 | Annual Meeting, Broadband, Uncategorized PLYMOUTH, NH – Members of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) have elected three members to the company’s Board of Directors and did not adopt a ballot question that would have changed NHEC’s founding documents to include “facilitating access to broadband internet for members” as one of the purposes for which the Co-op was formed. Voters elected three members to the 11-member Board of Directors. A total of five members were running for election. The three candidates elected by NHEC’s members were Madeline McElaney of Plymouth, William Darcy of Benton, and Leo Dwyer of Sandwich. Below are the full results of the 2020 Director election. Madeline McElaney 5,137 William Darcy 4,445 Leo Dwyer 4,393 Harry Viens 3,663 Mark Portu 3,485 By a vote of 4,599 (YES) to 2,539 (NO), the ballot question to change NHEC’s Certificate of Organization did not achieve the required two-thirds approval of members voting in the 2020 election.