A special town meeting in West Tisbury was postponed Tuesday due to a lack of quorum, after only 87 voters turned out on a sunny early June evening. At least 114 voters — 10 per cent of those registered in town — were needed for the meeting to be held. After waiting for approximately 30 minutes, moderator F. Patrick Gregory called the meeting and sent voters home.

“Normally this is the part when I say we have a quorum. But we have fallen well short, and will have to try this again,” Mr. Gregory said.

The town meeting was rescheduled for next Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the West Tisbury School. The warrant for the special town meeting includes articles asking voters to spend money to hire a part-time administrative assistant in the town hall and another to grant the selectmen authority to sell three affordable lots in the Bailey Park subdivision off Old County Road.

Just before voters shuffled toward the door, one member of the audience offered a thought.

“That’s the problem with having a dry town. We can’t just go to the bar to gather up voters,” he said.