The State general election will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Election Day Voting
Election Day for the MA State Election is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. On Election Day, you’ll need to go to at your ward & precinct’s regular polling locations to vote. Find your Election Day polling location at the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s website: WhereDoIVoteMA.com. Polls are open from 7:00 AM to 8:00PM on Election Day.
Offices on the Ballot
- Electors of President and Vice President
- U.S. Senator
- U.S. Representative
- Governor’s Councillor
- State Senator
- State Representative
- Register of Deeds
- Clerk of Court
In addition to the offices on the ballot, there are five ballot questions for Massachusetts voters. See our post on the 2024 State Ballot Questions.
View a sample ballot for Newton.
Vote by Mail
2024 Ballot Return Deadlines
- If returned in person or by drop box: 8 p.m., November 5, 2024
- If returned by domestic mail: by 5 p.m. on November 8, 2024 (must be postmarked by Election Day)
- If returned by mail from outside the United States: 5 p.m. on November 15, 2024 (must be postmarked by Election Day)
There are several options for returning your “Vote by Mail” ballot. You may return your ballot by:
- Mailing it back using the envelope provided
- Hand-delivering your ballot to the Elections Office at City Hall
- Dropping your ballot off at an early voting location during early voting hours
- Using a ballot drop box.
Ballots cannot be dropped off at a polling place on Election Day.
Your ballot must reach your local election office or drop box by close of polls on Election Day in order to be counted. The only exception is for ballots returned by mail in the biennial state election in November, when 3 extra days are allowed for ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive in the mail.