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State Primary Election is Tuesday, September 6. Don’t Forget to Vote!

July 29, 2022

Vote by Mail, Vote Early In-Person, or Vote In-Person on September 6.

All registered voters in Newton and across Massachusetts now have the option to cast a Vote-by-mail ballot and vote early, by mail or in-person, in all elections.

For detailed information on Elections and Voting, visit the Secretary of State’s Elections Division website page.

To Vote Early by Mail

Voters should have received a ballot application by mail from Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office last week. Didn’t get your application? You can download one here.

Fill out the application then either:

    • drop it off at one of the two secure ballot drop boxes outside the entrance to Newton City Hall, or
    • mail it to the Newton Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, 02459, or
    • fax your application to 617-796-1214, or
    • scan the application and email it to elections@newtonma.gov, using the subject line: 2022 Vote by Mail Ballot Application

Applications for mail-in ballots must have a signature that is visible and signed “in substantially the same manner as a handwritten signature.”  Applications with typed signatures will not be accepted.

Completed ballots can be mailed back to the Newton City Clerk’s Office in the envelope provided, hand delivered to the City Clerk’s office, or dropped in one of the two drop boxes at City Hall.  Ballots must be received before 8:00pm when the polls close on Election Day to be counted.

Ballots cannot be dropped off at a polling place on Election Day.

To Vote Early, In-Person

In-person early voting for the September 6th Primary begins at Newton City Hall on Saturday, August 27 and continues through Friday, September 2. More details found here.

Polls will be open on election days across Newton from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Find your polling location here.

Read more about who is on the ballot and find more information on applicable deadlines below.

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LWVN Board Concurs with Newton Citizens Commission on Energy’s Memo Rejecting Newton Cemetery’s Tree Removal Request

June 24, 2022

On June 24, 2022, LWVN sent an email to Mayor Fuller expressing our our agreement with the Newton Citizens Commission on Energy (NCCE)’s memo of June 20th stating “We are writing to you regarding the Newton Cemetery’ request for exemption from the Tree Preservation Ordinance. We urge you to stand with the Director of Urban Forestry in denying that request and any waiver of its consequences. We also urge you to ask the City Council to revise the ordinance language to clarify their intent that the Tree Preservation Ordinance not exclude any property owners from its provisions.”

Read the full NCCE memo here.

See below for President Marcia Johnson’s memo to the LWVN Board notifying it of this action and the reasons for taking it.

06.24.22 Letter to Board re Cemetery Tree Removal Action

 

Categories: Local Action Log, News, no-front-page

President’s Message from 2022 Annual Meeting

June 24, 2022

The following are the remarks given by LWVN president Marcia Johnson at our 2022 Annual Meeting which was held virtually on June 12, 2022:

As they say in show business…TAKE III.  Yes, this is our third virtual annual meeting.  By now we all are getting pretty comfortable with the technology, but I still want to give a shout-out to Theresa Fitzpatrick and Lisa Mirable who as our technical and event planning team make our meetings, such as this, run smoother than they might otherwise.  As much as we wanted to have our meeting in-person and are disappointed, the Board felt it was too risky given the increasing Covid Omicron numbers.  

As we reflect on this past year, which I think we all had hoped would be calmer, healthier, and productive, we now find that once again, we have Covid hanging over our heads and hearts.  Our country is divided  more than ever, and now our economy is shaky at best, especially for those with middle and low incomes.  To cap it off, there is a war…in Ukraine and on democracy. 

So, what kind of impact has this had on League priorities, let’s  take a look:

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Membership Approves Consensus Study Committee on Zoning

June 17, 2022

Newton zoning map

At its Annual Meeting held on June 12, 2022, the membership approved the formation of a Consensus Study Committee to Update Zoning Positions.

More information about this study and the reasons for it are described below.  This will be an intensive study of local zoning, and membership interest in welcome and encouraged.  Anyone interested in participating in this committee should Contact Us.

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Categories: Consensus Studies - Newton, Housing, Land Use, News, Transportation, Zoning, Zoning

LWVN Signs on To Petition Supporting Funding for Early Education and Child Care

June 12, 2022

On June 12, 2022, LWVN signed on to the Common Start Coalitions’ Petition calling on state legislators from both the House and Senate to maximize funding in this year’s state budget for early education and child care contemplated in An Act to Expand Access to High-Quality, Affordable Early Education and Care, H.4795/S.2883. If the State Legislature passes this bill and the Governor signs, it will greatly improve the Commonwealth’s early education and child care system, ensuring high-quality early education and child care that is affordable and accessible for all families.

Read more information on the Common Start Coalition.

See President Marcia Johnson’s memo to the LWVN Board notifying it of this action and the reasons for taking it.

LWVN Signs on to Childcare Advocacy Action

LWVMA Supports Funding for Early Education and Child Care

LWVMA is also supporting funding for early education and child care in this year’s state budget and providing affordable and accessible high quality early education and childcare in Massachusetts is a LWVMA priority bill that was featured at Day on the Hill. See League testimony here and fact sheet here.

Take Action Now

Please contact your legislators to ask them to encourage the Legislature’s budget conference committee to include the new early education and child care funding from both the House AND Senate budgets in their final conference budget. If the priorities of both chambers make it into the final budget, it would represent a substantial step toward implementing our full vision of a high-quality early education and childcare system that is affordable and accessible for all families.

Please call or email your state Senator and Representative; leave a voice message. Find your legislator’s contact information here.

Here is a suggested script:

I’m a member of the League of Women Voters of ________ and a constituent. I am contacting you about the Common Start early education and childcare funding provisions that are part of the House and Senate budget bills now in the budget conference committee. I am asking you to urge the Legislature’s budget conference committee to include the new early education and child care funding from both the House AND Senate budgets in their final conference budget, to advance the vision of a high-quality early education and childcare system that is affordable and accessible for all families in Massachusetts.

Thank you!

(Your name and your street address)

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