{"id":2655,"date":"2016-03-29T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2016-03-29T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:15:18","slug":"last-day-to-register-to-vote-at-town-meeting-and-in-the-annual-town-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=2655","title":{"rendered":"Last Day to Register to Vote at Town Meeting and in the Annual Town Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced that Tuesday, April<br \/>\n12th is the last day to register to vote at the Annual Town Meeting and in<br \/>\nthe Annual Town Election.  Town Hall will be open from 8:00 a.m. \u2013 8:00<br \/>\np.m. on Tuesday the 12th.<\/p>\n<p>Any Hanover citizen who will be eighteen on or before the first day of Town<br \/>\nMeeting (May 2nd) or by the Town Election (May 7th) is encouraged to<br \/>\nregister to vote. Once registered, individuals will be eligible to vote in<br \/>\nall elections thereafter, including the Presidential Election in November.<\/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>\u201cAs we continue the run-up to the Presidential Election in November, I<br \/>\nencourage Hanover residents to not lose sight of these elections where<br \/>\ntheir votes actually \u2018weigh more\u2019 because of the lighter turnouts\u201d,<br \/>\nsaid Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier.  \u201cSeveral major decisions have<br \/>\nbeen made on Town Meeting floor by a one-vote margin and local elections<br \/>\nhave turned on less than 10 votes just in the past few years.  Plan now to<br \/>\nregister to vote\u2026so you can vote in May!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions may be directed to Hanover Town Clerk Catherine 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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