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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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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