{"id":2608,"date":"2016-01-17T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2016-01-17T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T14:00:30","slug":"last-day-to-register-to-vote-or-change-your-party-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2608","title":{"rendered":"Last day to register to vote or change your party status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced that Wednesday,<br \/>\nFebruary 10th is the last day to register to vote or change your party<br \/>\nstatus for the upcoming Presidential Primary.  Town Hall will be open from<br \/>\n8:00 a.m. \u2013 8:00 p.m. on the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Any Hanover citizen who will be eighteen on or before the Election Day is<br \/>\nencouraged to register to vote. Once registered, individuals will be<br \/>\neligible to vote in the Presidential Primary scheduled to be held on<br \/>\nTuesday, March 1st, 2016, and in elections thereafter.  Any resident who is<br \/>\nunsure of their party affiliation, or who would like to change their party<br \/>\nstatus, is also encouraged to act immediately and before the February 10th<br \/>\ndeadline.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens of Hanover may conveniently register to vote or change their party<br \/>\nstatus on-line, by mail or in person. The link for on-line registration is<br \/>\nhere:  https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/OVR .  If residents choose to register<br \/>\nby mail they should download the \u201cMassachusetts Mail-In Voter<br \/>\nRegistration Form\u201d found here :<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/ele\/elepdf\/Voter-reg-mail-in.pdf and mail the<br \/>\ncompleted form to the Hanover Town Clerk\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>If voters wish to register to vote in person, they may do so at two<br \/>\nconvenient locations: Hanover Town Hall or the Registry of Motor Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith four political parties and therefore four ballots at the polls,<br \/>\nresidents are strongly encouraged to check their party status before<br \/>\nFebruary 10th,\u201d said Town Clerk Harder-Bernier.  According to Secretary<br \/>\nof the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin, \u201cWhen you register to vote,<br \/>\nyou may choose to enroll in a political party or political designation or<br \/>\nmay choose to remain \u2018unenrolled,\u2019 which is commonly referred to as<br \/>\nindependent\u2026if you enroll in any of (the) four parties you may only vote<br \/>\nin that party\u2019s primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions may be directed to Hanover Town Clerk Cathy Harder-Bernier at<br \/>\n(781) 826-5000 x1079 or by e-mail at Catherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov<br \/>\n, or Senior Registrar Nancy Goldthwait at (781) 826-5000 x1082 or<br \/>\nnancy.goldthwait@hanover-ma.gov .<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221;,<br \/>\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221; (&#8220;ATOTW&#8221;) has been a valued push notification<br \/>\nsince the spring of 2004 &#8211; long before there were push notifications!<\/p>\n<p>For submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions<br \/>\nabout &#8220;ATOTW&#8221;, please go to http:\/\/www.atotw.com.<br \/>\nTo search for archived &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; news, view the archive<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be added to this distribution list, click here<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nPlease follow the link in the response e-mail to validate your<br \/>\naccount. 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