{"id":4091,"date":"2023-04-01T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T02:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2023-04-01T22:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T02:00:04","slug":"last-day-to-register-to-vote-at-town-meeting-and-in-the-annual-town-election-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=4091","title":{"rendered":"Last Day to Register to Vote at Town Meeting and in the Annual Town Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier announced that Friday, April<br \/>\n21st is the last day to register to vote in the May 1st Annual Town Meeting<br \/>\nand\/or in the May 13th Annual Town Election.  The Hanover Town<br \/>\nClerk\u2019s\/Registrar\u2019s Office will be open until 5:00 p.m. on April 21st,<br \/>\nand on-line registration will be available until 11:59 p.m. that night.<br \/>\nPlease come to the Town Clerk\u2019s\/Registrar\u2019s side entrance lower-level<br \/>\ndoor if you need to register in person.  Read on for on-line registration<br \/>\ninformation!<\/p>\n<p>Any Hanover citizen who will be eighteen on or before the first day of Town<br \/>\nMeeting (May 1st) or by the Town Election (May 13th) 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:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/atotw.com\/maillist\/lt.php?tid=wFgrEJqiCAWSCXFMUwbdf8yi5xHVlYd+mf31gfnjPWZoqLt7nDOYRqoN783ZLADJ<br \/>\n.  If residents choose to register by mail they should download the<br \/>\n\u201cMassachusetts Mail-In Voter Registration Form\u201d found here:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/atotw.com\/maillist\/lt.php?tid=9UdczQVgsnCwmXZ0sUfJ\/syi5xHVlWd+mf31gfnjPWZoqLt7nDOYRqoN783ZLADJ<br \/>\nand mail the completed form to the Hanover Town Clerk\u2019s Office.<br \/>\nIf voters wish to register to vote in person, they may do so at two<br \/>\nconvenient locations: Hanover Town Hall or the Registry of Motor Vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith automatic registration now the law of the land in Massachusetts,<br \/>\nvery few people actually need to come in to register to vote\u201d, said<br \/>\nHarder-Bernier.  \u201cHowever, what we do occasionally see is that people who<br \/>\nhave moved recently and\/or who have not updated their driver\u2019s license &#8211;<br \/>\nthose people do need to update their voter registration status.  We also<br \/>\nsometimes see 18-year-olds who do not yet have driver\u2019s licenses who need<br \/>\nto register to vote.  We look forward to helping those folks!\u201d, said<br \/>\nHarder-Bernier.<\/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 Carol Mattes at (781) 826-5000 x1082 or carol.mattes@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<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/atotw.com\/maillist\/lt.php?tid=xodILJYE77y5AydNykl3Xsyi5xHVldd+mf31gfnjPWZoqLt7nDPIRqoN783ZLADJ<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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