{"id":3352,"date":"2019-04-01T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2019-04-01T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:30:08","slug":"register-to-vote-by-april-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3352","title":{"rendered":"Register to vote by April 16th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced that Tuesday, April<br \/>\n16th is the last day to register to vote at the May 6th Annual Town Meeting<br \/>\nand in the May 11th Annual Town Election.  The Hanover Town<br \/>\nClerk\u2019s\/Registrar\u2019s Office will be open from 8:00 a.m. \u2013 8:00 p.m. on<br \/>\nTuesday the 16th.  Interestingly, Friday, April 26th is the last day to<br \/>\nregister to vote in the Special Town Meeting that is also scheduled for<br \/>\nMonday, May 6th.  The Town Clerk\u2019s\/Registrar\u2019s Office will be open<br \/>\nuntil 8:00 p.m. on that Friday night, too.<\/p>\n<p>Any Hanover citizen who will be eighteen on or before the first day of Town<br \/>\nMeeting (May 6th) or by the Town Election (May 11th) is encouraged to<br \/>\nregister to vote. Once registered, individuals will be eligible to vote in<br \/>\nall elections thereafter.  Further, residents may \u201cpre-register\u201d to<br \/>\nvote if they are age 16 or 17, but they will not be eligible to vote until<br \/>\nthey turn 18.<\/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.  If voters wish to<br \/>\nregister to vote in person, they may do so at two convenient locations:<br \/>\nHanover Town Hall or the Registry of Motor Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew residents and high school students are strongly encouraged to<br \/>\nregister to vote.  It is the cornerstone of our democracy!\u201d said Town<br \/>\nClerk Catherine Harder-Bernier.  \u201cSeveral major decisions have been made<br \/>\non Town Meeting floor by a one-vote margin and local elections have turned<br \/>\non less than 10 votes just in the past few years.  Register now to<br \/>\nvote\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 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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