{"id":3250,"date":"2018-09-28T19:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T23:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3250"},"modified":"2018-09-28T19:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T23:30:32","slug":"last-day-to-register-to-vote-in-the-mid-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3250","title":{"rendered":"Last day to register to vote in the mid-terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced that Wednesday,<br \/>\nOctober 17th is the last day to register to vote in the State Election.<br \/>\nThe Registrar\u2019s Office will be open from 8:00 a.m. \u2013 8:00 p.m. on<br \/>\nWednesday the 17th.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to new legislation that went into effect in 2016, any Hanover<br \/>\ncitizen who is sixteen years of age or older is eligible to register to<br \/>\nvote.  Citizens who will be eighteen on or before Election Day, November<br \/>\n6th, 2018 will then be eligible to actually vote. Once registered and 18<br \/>\nyears of age, individuals will be eligible to vote in all elections<br \/>\nthereafter, including the Town Election in May 2019.<br \/>\nCitizens 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 \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/ele\/eleifv\/howreg.htm and mail the completed<br \/>\nform 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>\u201cThe State Election, or the so-called \u2018mid-term election\u2019 in<br \/>\nNovember, will be the largest election until 2020\u201d said Harder-Bernier.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are races up and down the ballot \u2013 from Governor and Senator to<br \/>\nState Representative \u2013 along with the three ballot questions that have<br \/>\nbeen generating interest since the summer.  Don\u2019t miss your chance to let<br \/>\nyour voice be heard!\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 about<br \/>\n&#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 account. 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