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The official results, as posted by the town, of the May 5, 2026 referendum. At the first referendum of the cycle the town budget, which carries the elementary school's appropriation, went to the voters as a single question, and it failed, 331 YES to 451 NO. Two advisory questions asked whether the town and school budgets were too high, too low, or about right. The RHAM operating budget passed in Andover, 390 to 379, and the RHAM capital budget failed, 377 to 395; both failed region-wide. After the defeat the town and school budgets were bifurcated for the votes that followed.