{"id":4590,"date":"2026-05-08T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=4590"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:00:06","slug":"out-of-town-all-day-on-election-day-vote-absentee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=4590","title":{"rendered":"Out of town all day on Election Day?  Vote absentee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p>In-person absentee ballot applications are available now in the Hanover<br \/>\nTown Clerk\u2019s Office for all voters living in Hanover wishing to vote by<br \/>\nabsentee ballot in the Annual Town Election. The election will be held on<br \/>\nSaturday, May 16, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. \u2013 6:00 p.m. at Hanover High School.<\/p>\n<p>Absentee ballot applications are for use by registered voters who are<br \/>\nunable to vote at the polls on Election Day due to:<br \/>\n1)\t Absence from the Town of Hanover during normal polling hours (8:00 a.m.<br \/>\nto 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2026); or<br \/>\n2)\tPhysical disability preventing you from going to the polling place; or<br \/>\n3)\tReligious belief;<\/p>\n<p>OR they are for use by<br \/>\nNon-registered voters who are:<br \/>\n1)\t A Massachusetts citizen absent from the state; or<br \/>\n2)\tAn active member of the armed forces or merchant marines, their spouse<br \/>\nor dependent; or<br \/>\n3)\tA person confined in a correctional facility or a jail, except if by<br \/>\nreason of felony conviction.<\/p>\n<p>In-person absentee ballot applications are available at the Town Clerk&#8217;s<br \/>\nOffice.  Applications for absentee ballots must be received by noon on the<br \/>\nday before the election, in this case, by noon on Friday, May 15th.   For<br \/>\nmore information about the absentee ballot application process, please call<br \/>\nthe Hanover Town Clerk\u2019s Office at (781) 826-5000, x1079 or e-mail<br \/>\ncatherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or cindy.xing@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=xodILJYED7y5AydNykl3Xqam0ebdSwH\/nmdZrBmV7D5oqLt7nDN4RqoN783ZLADJ<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. You<br \/>\nwill not receive &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; e-mails until you complete this step.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be removed from this distribution list, click here<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; powered by phpList, www.phplist.com &#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians: In-person absentee ballot applications are available now in the Hanover Town Clerk\u2019s Office for all voters living in Hanover wishing to vote by absentee ballot in the Annual Town Election. The election will be held on Saturday, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=4590\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atotw_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}