{"id":3630,"date":"2020-10-08T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2020-10-08T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T01:00:37","slug":"vote-by-mail-ballot-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3630","title":{"rendered":"Vote by Mail ballot update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Ballot &#8220;kits&#8221; for the November 3rd State Election were finally received in<br \/>\nthe Hanover Town Clerk&#8217;s Office from the Secretary of the Commonwealth&#8217;s<br \/>\nElections Division on Wednesday, October 7th in the afternoon.  Since then,<br \/>\nthe office staff, including extra per diem staff, have been working very<br \/>\nhard to begin to get the 3,600 Vote by Mail ballots (8 &#8211; 10 times the usual<br \/>\nnumber for a presidential election) that have been requested out to Hanover<br \/>\nvoters.  It&#8217;s a very labor intensive process that requires many checks and<br \/>\nbalances in order to make sure your ballot gets to the right address.<br \/>\nThank you in advance for your patience.<\/p>\n<p>Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier currently anticipates that all 3,600<br \/>\nballots will be mailed out by the middle or end of next week.  Please give<br \/>\nthe US Post Office 3-5 business days after that to deliver your ballot to<br \/>\nyou.  Want to know where your ballot is?  You can &#8220;track your ballot&#8221; by<br \/>\ngoing to the Secretary&#8217;s ballot tracking portal here:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/atotw.com\/maillist\/lt.php?tid=xDTs2r0WROq+cjcdTcMKAQdYn1HCne5akoKLlY2xhqVoqLt7nDNYRqoN783ZLADJ<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>The new ballot drop box in front of Town Hall will be re-opened soon for<br \/>\nyou to return your ballot easily and securely.  Please consider returning<br \/>\nyour ballot as soon as possible &#8211; to help the staff who will be processing<br \/>\nthe returns get ahead of the crush.<\/p>\n<p>For additional up-to-date information on the processing of ballots in<br \/>\nHanover, go to the Town Clerk&#8217;s Facebook page (you don&#8217;t need a Facebook<br \/>\naccount to read the information) located at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/atotw.com\/maillist\/lt.php?tid=OfNmDHydOWC8Ify+MxHwiwdYn1HCna5akoKLlY2xhqVoqLt7nDPIRqoN783ZLADJ<br \/>\n.<\/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<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/atotw.com\/maillist\/lt.php?tid=xodILJYEb7y5AydNykl3XgdYn1HCnS5akoKLlY2xhqVoqLt7nDNIRqoN783ZLADJ<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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