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Local Election Information
Annual Town Election FINAL Official Results
The Official results, including write-ins, for the March 7, 2023 are available here.
Next Election
The next election will be the Presidential Primary Election on March 5, 2024. The next local election will be the Annual Town Election in March 2024, date to be determined later.
General Election Information
Vote By Mail
The VOTES Act of 2022 allows everyone to vote by mail. Applications are valid by election or for a calendar year.
Voting Locations
Due to the 2020 Federal Census, precinct boundaries in Precincts B, C, D, E, F, G and H have been revised. See Map. The polls will be open on March 7, 2023 from 7 AM to 8 PM.
- Precincts A & C: Bates Elementary School, 116 Elmwood Road
- Precinct B: Sprague Elementary School, 401 School Street
- Precincts D & E: Warren Building, 90 Washington Street
- Precincts F & G: Shipley Center, Dana Hall School, 142 Grove Street
- Precinct H: Tolles Parsons Center, Council on Aging, 500 Washington Street
Town Wide Officers and Town Meeting Members are elected to staggered terms annually in March. The Town Bylaw requires the Annual Town Election to be held the first Tuesday in March except in the year in which the presidential primaries are to be held.
- The candidate must be a resident of the Town, and for certain offices a registered voter. Check the by-law if this is an issue.
- The Candidate must personally obtain Nomination papers from the Town Clerk. These forms are available as of December 7th for the 2023 Annual Town Election. The candidate will supply name, address, phone, email and sign for the papers. This information is public information.
- Signatures of fifty voters registered in the Town are required (any precinct), although it is recommended that more be obtained.
- The deadline to "take out papers" will be Friday January 13, 2023, 5 p.m.
- Papers must be returned to the Town Clerk for certification no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday January 17, 2023.
- Candidates for re-election for Town Wide offices must also obtain signatures, unlike Town Meeting Member candidates.
- We request the use of your email address for election related messages and for Town Meeting communication if you are elected. This email is intended for the use of the Town Clerk to notify candidates and Town Meeting Members of events or information of interest to them. The list is a public record.
- Elected candidates must be sworn in by the Town Clerk prior to exercising their office.
- In order to be candidate for Town Meeting Member, one must reside in the precinct from which one desires to run.
- Nomination papers must be obtained in person from Town Clerk's Office beginning December 7, 2022 at NOON and ending on Friday January 27, 2023 at 5 p.m.
- Ten signatures of registered voters from the precinct are required.
- It is recommended that each candidate obtain more than the minimum of ten signatures in the event that any of the signatures cannot be certified.
- The nomination papers must be returned to the Board of Registrars (Town Clerk's Office) for certification no later than Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 5 p.m.
- Drawing of names for position on the ballot will be on Wednesday February 1, 2023 at 9 a.m. at Town Hall. The drawing will be available to the public.
- Any current Town Meeting Member who is running for re-election need only complete and return the notice of intent to run by January 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m..
- There are no campaign finance reporting requirements for Town Meeting Candidates.
- We request the use of your email address for election related messages and for Town Meeting communication if you are elected. This email is intended for the use of the Town Clerk to notify candidates and Town Meeting Members of events or information of interest to them. The list is a public record.
- The Election is March 7, 2023. Polls open 7:00 a.m..
- Elected Candidates will be invited to attend an orientation meeting with the Moderator, usually the week prior to the beginning of Town Meeting.
- Elected candidates will be sworn into office at the first night of the Annual Town Meeting.