{"id":3261,"date":"2018-10-11T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2018-10-11T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T11:00:33","slug":"how-to-avoid-lines-at-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3261","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid lines at the polls!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t remember if you filled in your census this year?  Want to avoid<br \/>\nstanding in extra lines at the polls?  Not sure if you are registered to<br \/>\nvote?  Have you moved recently?  Check your voter registration status<br \/>\nbefore you go!  Go to:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/VoterRegistrationSearch\/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx .<\/p>\n<p>After you type in your information, you will be brought to a screen that<br \/>\nwill indicate:<br \/>\n1)  If you are registered to vote.  To register to vote, go to:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/OVR\/ BEFORE Wednesday, 10\/17<br \/>\n2)  Whether or not you are &#8220;Active&#8221; or &#8220;Inactive&#8221;.  If you are &#8220;Inactive&#8221;,<br \/>\nthe Town does not have a current census for you.  Stop by the Registrar&#8217;s<br \/>\nOffice in Town Hall THIS WEEK (before Wednesday, 10\/17) and turn one in.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll avoid extra lines and a hassle at the polls.<br \/>\n3) Your party enrollment.  Even though this is a General Election and there<br \/>\nis only one ballot, you can change your party registration at any time.  Go<br \/>\nto:  https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/OVR\/ .<br \/>\n4)  The address that you are registered to vote at.  If you have moved<br \/>\nrecently, update your address so you can avoid those extra lines at the<br \/>\npolls.  Go to:  https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/OVR\/ .<\/p>\n<p>Hope this information is helpful!  Call Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier<br \/>\nat (781) 826-5000 x1079 for more information or e-mail<br \/>\nCatherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or meg.pallotta@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. You<br \/>\nwill not receive &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; e-mails until you complete this step.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be removed from this distribution list, click here<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; powered by phpList, www.phplist.com &#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians: Can&#8217;t remember if you filled in your census this year? Want to avoid standing in extra lines at the polls? Not sure if you are registered to vote? Have you moved recently? Check your voter registration status &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3261\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atotw_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}