Voters turned down a warrant article recommended by the Auburn Conservation Commission that would have designated 36 wetlands in town as “prime wetlands” on election day, Tuesday, March 10.

The Planning Board had not recommended the article. Members of the board were specifically concerned with additional regulatory approvals and application fees property owners would have faced through the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.

It was the only warrant article not to pass.

About 19 percent of the town’s 3,889 registered voters turned out at the polls.

Christina Tarness upset Robert Hayes’ bid for re-election to the School Board, receiving 339 votes. Hayes received 303. Kathleen Porter maintained her seat with 475 votes.

John McCaugherty was elected as the new police commissioner with 309 votes and Michael Dross was re-elected as highway agent with 547 votes in the only other contested races.

Voters accepted the proposed town budget of $4,339,440 by a vote of 398 to 298, as well as the school budget of $10,744,514.74 by a vote of 482 to 205.