Election News
The Massachusetts Legislature has moved the Presidential
Primary election up to Tuesday, February
5, 2008. The polls at the Smith School Gym
will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 16, is the deadline
to register to vote or change party enrollment
for the Presidential Primary. Unenrolled voters (also
known as Independents) will be eligible for any party’s
ballot in the Primary; they will retain their Unenrolled
status regardless of which ballot they elect to use.
Voter registration is available to
any individual who can demonstrate his/her status as:
(1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a resident of the town, and
(3) eighteen years of age. Registration can be made
in person at the Town Clerk’s Office weekdays
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by a mail-in registration
form available at any public building in the Commonwealth.
Mail-in registration forms must be postmarked by the
Registration Deadline date above.
Absentee ballots are for use by registered
voters unable to vote at the polls on Election Day due
to: (1) absence from town during normal polling hours;
(2) physical disability preventing attendance at the
polling place; or (3) religious belief. A signed written
request is required before receiving an Absentee Ballot.
The ballot may be voted at the Town Clerk’s Office
during regular office hours or the applicant may request
that it be mailed to a specified address. Massachusetts
law does not permit any person to obtain or deliver
an Absentee Ballot for another individual, although
Applications for an Absentee Ballot may be made by family
members.
Absentee Ballots for the Presidential Primary should
be available by the second week of January. The deadline
to apply for an Absentee Ballot is noon of the day before
an election.
The Town Election will be held on
Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Smith
School Gym from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Voter Registration
deadline for participation in the Annual Town
Meeting and the Town Election is Friday, March
7.
The following offices will appear on the March ballot:
Moderator for three years; Town Clerk for one year;
Board of Assessors for three years; Trustee of Bemis
Fund for three years; Cemetery Commission for three
years; DeCordova and Dana Museum for four years; Board
of Health for three years; Housing Commission for three
years; Planning Board for five years; Recreation Committee
for three years; Lincoln Sudbury Regional District School
Committee, two seats for three years each; K-8 School
Committee, two seats for three years each; Board of
Selectmen for three years; Commissioner of Trust Funds
for three years; Water Commissioner for three years.
Nomination papers are available at
the Town Clerk’s Office. Papers must be taken
out by Thursday, February 7, and returned no later than
Monday, February 11, 2008.
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