Voting information
Election Day, March 5, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Holden: Voters can register to vote during regular town hall hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Friday 8 a.m. to noon. The last day to register to vote or change political party is Saturday, Feb. 24. The office will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for voter registration and early voting.
Absentee ballots are available to voters who will be absent from town, a religious reason or confined to a nursing home five days before the Presidential Primary scheduled for Tuesday, March 5. All requests for absentee ballots must be in writing and received in the town clerk’s office no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27. Voters may choose to have the ballots mailed to them or vote at the town clerk’s office.
Those who cannot make it to Town Hall to vote may request a vote-by-mail ballot by visiting the town clerk’s website or the Secretary of State’s website at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleidx.htm and complete an application online and send it to townclerk@holdenma.gov. Be sure to mark the party’s ballot you wish to receive: Democrat, Republican or Libertarian. The last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot is 5 p.m. Feb. 27.
Early voting will be held in Town Hall in the clerk’s office, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 24; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 26, 28 and 29; 8 a.m.- 7 p.m. Feb. 27; and 8 a.m.-Noon March 1.
Note the last day to register to vote for the Presidential Primary coincides with the first day of Early Voting.
On Election Day, polling locations are: Precinct 1 and 2, Holden Senior Center, 1130 Main St.; Precinct 3, Davis Hill Elementary School, 80 Jamieson Road (use Highland Street entrance); Precinct 4 and 5, Mountview School, 270 Shrewsbury St.; and Precinct 6, Davis Hill Elementary, 80 Jamieson Road.
For more information, call the Town Clerk’s Office at 508-210-5530.
Paxton: Election Day March 5 voting will be at Paxton Center School.
The last day to register to vote or change party is Feb. 24 at the Town Clerk’s office.
Early in-person voting is at Town Hall, 697 Pleasant St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 24, 26, 27, 28, and 29
Princeton: Election Day voting is at Thomas Prince School.
Registration deadline is Feb. 24 in the town clerk’s office.
Early in-person voting at Town Hall is Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Feb. 26 to Feb. 29 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Rutland: Election Day voting for Precincts 1 and 3 at Naquag School, 285 Main St.; Precinct 2 at Rutland Library lower level, 280 Main St.
Early voting hours in Community Hall, 250 Main St., are Saturday, Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 26, through Thursday, Feb. 29, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Friday, March 1, from 2 to 6 p.m.
The last day to register to vote is Feb. 24.
Sterling: Election Day voting is at Houghton Elementary School.
The deadline for voters to register or change party enrollment for the presidential primary is Friday, Feb. 23.
Early voting begins Saturday, Feb. 24, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with in-person voting continuing Monday, Feb. 26, through Friday, March 1, during business hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
