{"id":3645,"date":"2020-11-01T20:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T00:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2020-11-01T20:15:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T00:15:14","slug":"pride-and-democracy-vote-on-11-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=3645","title":{"rendered":"Pride and democracy &#8211; Vote on 11\/3\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>I doubt I could be more proud of you.  Fully 52% of registered voters have<br \/>\nvoted early in-person or by mail&#8230;ALREADY&#8230;.in the middle of a pandemic.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s one more day to vote in person, this Tuesday, November 3rd, in<br \/>\nperson, at the State Election.  Election Day will be held at Hanover High<br \/>\nSchool, 287 Cedar Street.  All four precincts vote in this one location.<br \/>\nWear a mask, plan to social distance and wait in line.  Polls are open from<br \/>\n7:00 a.m. &#8211; 8:00 p.m.  Those of you who have waited for the big day&#8230;this<br \/>\nis it!  Can we break our current record of 86% turnout?!?  I&#8217;ll be &#8220;bustin&#8217;<br \/>\nmy buttons&#8221; if so!<\/p>\n<p>Have a Vote by Mail ballot and haven&#8217;t turned it in yet?  Don&#8217;t worry, you<br \/>\nare not alone (there are 600 of you) and not out of luck.  Drop it off to<br \/>\nthe Town of Hanover ballot drop box, located in front of Hanover Town Hall,<br \/>\nby 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday 11\/3 and your ballot will be counted.  Or, although<br \/>\nthis is not recommended at this point, get it snail-mail postmarked by 11\/3<br \/>\nand received in the Town Clerk&#8217;s Office by 11\/6, and it will be counted.<\/p>\n<p>Sent in your Vote by Mail ballot and want to make sure it will be counted?<br \/>\nGo to www.trackmyballotma.com and follow the directions to see where your<br \/>\nballot is and\/or if it has been &#8220;accepted&#8221;.  That&#8217;s the magic word that<br \/>\nmeans &#8220;yes, my vote will be counted on Tuesday&#8221;.  Despite my reluctance to<br \/>\nvote early, I broke down and did so in-person on Thursday and just checked<br \/>\n&#8211; I&#8217;ve been accepted.  How about you?<\/p>\n<p>The Town Clerk&#8217;s Office will close at noon on Monday, November 2nd to<br \/>\nprepare for the election.  The office will be closed for regular business<br \/>\non Tuesday, but the phones will be answered by a skeleton crew for<br \/>\nelection-related questions and drop-box pick-up!<\/p>\n<p>This is it, Hanover!  Democracy wins only if you show up &#8211; one way or the<br \/>\nother.  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