Dear fellow Hanoverians:
The Presidential Primary in Massachusetts is finally upon us! Early voting
ended on Friday, March 1st, and so we are on to Election Day here in
Hanover!
Election Day – Super Tuesday – is Tuesday, March 5th, 2024. The polls are
open from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Hanover High School, 287 Cedar Street.
Every registered voter may vote at this election regardless of party
affiliation. If you are “unenrolled”, commonly known as “independent”,
you’ll have to pick your ballot when you get there. Here is the webpage
with the sample ballots about a third of the way down:
http://atotw.com/maillist/lt.php?tid=AVY3XvSSvKyAWEM5S8howPlxzSjC49NIrtlrqUdAgdBoqLt7nDMoRqoN783ZLADJ
. Make sure you know which ballot you want before you check in – once you
check in, you can’t swap your ballot for a different one! If you are
enrolled in a party, you can only vote that party’s ballot.
Did you request a Vote by Mail (VBM) ballot and not turn it in yet? The
ballot drop box in front of town hall will be open all weekend and until
8:00 p.m. on Election Day. It will be emptied regularly by election staff
with the assistance of the Hanover Police, and all of those ballots will be
counted on Election Day as long as they are received in the box before the
close of polls. Don’t bring those VBM ballots to the polls!
Tuesday is a half day of school in Hanover. As a result, voters should
access the polling area from the BACK of the high school if they are
arriving in the morning. There will be designated voter-only parking along
the music wing and near the locker rooms in the back. The front doors will
be locked during school hours (7:55 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) as per usual. The
back doors will be open, and you’ll turn right upon entering to get to the
gym/polling place. The rest of the building will be inaccessible to the
public before 12:30 p.m., so plan accordingly.
Friendly tip – make a plan now regarding when you will vote on Tuesday!
When will it fit into your day? Pro-tip – you may want to avoid the
traffic congestion from about 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and again from about
12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Fun tip – Mom on the Go Food Truck will be parked out
back and slinging grilled cheeses from 11:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.! Since it is
a half day, bring the whole family to vote and feed everybody while you are
there!
Questions may be directed to the Town Clerk’s Office at (781) 826-5000
x1079 or by e-mailing Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier at
catherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or Assistant Town Clerk Andrea Dello
Russo at andrea.dellorusso@hanover-ma.gov . Please be patient when
contacting us as we will be attending to the voters in front of us first.
The Town Clerk’s Office will be closed beginning at 12 noon on Monday for
the afternoon so that we may prepare and set up for the election, but it
will be open with a skeleton staff on Tuesday.
Finally – a shout out to the AMAZING Hanover Election staff. They have
been working tirelessly since early January to manage the Vote by Mail
process and In-Person Early Voting – and to make sure it is easy for ALL
Hanover voters to vote in this election. They are simply a fabulous team
of incredible people who are a pleasure to be around. They are your
neighbors and your friends – please make sure you thank them! Thanks also
to the HPD, HFD, DPW, Facilities, IT, Town Manager, Finance and School
Department staffs for their terrific cooperation as we prepared for
Tuesday’s Election AND the Hanover Girls’ Basketball State Tournament home
court advantage game on Monday night. Go Hawks – of all ages!
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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