Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n
Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier today reminded registered
\nHanover voters and caregivers of registered Hanover voters that the
\nMassachusetts legislature passed a bill in 2013 that amended election laws
\npertaining to permanently disabled voters. Massachusetts General Laws
\nChapter 54, Section 86 reads in part, \u201cA voter who will be unable by
\nreason of permanent disability to cast his vote in person at the polling
\nplace may file once with the city or town clerk a certificate executed by a
\nregistered physician who is personally acquainted with the voter and aware
\nof his permanent disability, stating that it is reasonably certain because
\nof permanent physical disability that the voter will be unable to cast his
\nvote in person at the polling place on the day of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once that letter from the physician has been received by the Hanover Town
\nClerk\u2019s Office, the voter will once a year automatically receive an
\napplication for an absentee ballot by mail. The application may then be
\nfilled out and returned to the Hanover Town Clerk\u2019s Office, and will be
\ngood for the calendar year if the voter so designates. Absentee ballots,
\nas they become available prior to an election, will then be automatically
\nmailed to the permanently disabled voter.
\n\u201cThis is a relatively simple way to save time and ease the load of a
\npermanently disabled voter or caregiver. Just send us a letter from your
\nfamily physician and we will take it from there. I am pleased to be able
\nto continue to offer this service to Hanover residents\u201d, said Town Clerk
\nHarder-Bernier.<\/p>\n
For more information about this process, please contact Hanover Town Clerk
\nCatherine Harder-Bernier at Catherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or (781)
\n826-5000 x1079. Letters from physicians regarding a patient\u2019s permanent
\ndisability may be sent to Catherine Harder-Bernier, Hanover Town Clerk, 550
\nHanover Street, Hanover, MA 02339.<\/p>\n
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\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n
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Dear fellow Hanoverians: Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier today reminded registered Hanover voters and caregivers of registered Hanover voters that the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill in 2013 that amended election laws pertaining to permanently disabled voters. Massachusetts General Laws … Continue reading