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2010-03-19T12:15:00.000-07:00

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Scott Brown, (R)

2010-03-10T11:20:00.001-08:00

Office Locations:

Washington, D.C.
317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4543- Phone

Boston
2400 JFK Federal Building
55 New Sudbury Street
Boston, MA 02203
(617) 565-3170-Phone

Email: comments@scottbrown.senate.gov

Website: http://scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/

Senator John Kerry, (D)

2010-03-10T09:46:00.001-08:00

Office Locations--

Washington D.C.
218 Russell Bldg., Second Floor
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2742 - Phone
Phone(202) 224-8525 - Fax

Boston
One Bowdoin Square, Tenth Floor
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 565-8519 - Phone
(617) 248-3870 - Fax

Springfield
Springfield Federal Building
1550 Main, StreetSuite 304
Springfield, MA 01103-1427
(413) 785-4610 - Phone
(413) 736-1049 - Fax

Fall River
222 Milliken Place, Suite 312
Fall River, MA 02721
(508) 677-0522 - Phone
(508) 677-0275 - Fax

Email: support@johnkerry.com

Website: http://www.johnkerry.com/

Town List Y

2009-12-08T08:56:00.001-08:00

Yarmouth

508-398-2231

Fax: 508-760-4842

Town Hall, 1146 Route 28, South Yarmouth, 02664

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Town List W

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Wakefield

781-246-6383

Fax: 781-246-4155

Town Hall, One Lafayette St., 01880

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Wales

413-245-7571

Fax: 413-245-6197

Town Hall, 3 Hollow Rd., P.O. Box 834, 01081

M: 8:30a-3p; Tu,Th: 8:30a-12:30p

Walpole

508-660-7296

Fax: 508-660-7228

Town Hall, 135 School St., 02081

M-F: 8a-4p; Alternating Tu Evenings: 7p-9p

Waltham

781-314-3120

Fax: 781-314-3130

City Hall, 610 Main St., 02452

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Ware

413-967-4471

Fax: 413-967-6152

Town Hall, 126 Main St., 01082

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p (By Appointment)

Wareham

508-291-3140

Fax: 508-291-3116

Town Hall, 54 Marion Rd., 02571

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Warren

413-436-5702

Fax: 413-436-9754

Town Hall, 48 High St., P.O. Box 603, 01083

M,Tu,W,F:8:30a-3:30p; Th: 5p-8p

Warwick

978-544-8304

Fax: 978-544-6499

Town Hall, 12 Athol Rd., 01378

M: 9a-3p

Washington

413-623-8878

Fax: 413-623-2116

Town Hall, 8 Summit Hill Rd., 01223

M: 7p-9p

Watertown

617-972-6486

Fax: 617-972-6595

Town Hall, 149 Main St., 02472

M,W,Th,F: 8:30a-5p; Tu: 8:30a-7p

Wayland

508-358-3631

Fax: 508-358-3627

Town Hall, 41 Cochituate Rd., 01778

M: 8:30a-7p; Tu,W,Th: 8:30a-4:30p, F: 8:30a-12:30p

Webster

508-949-3850

Fax: 508-949-3888

Town Hall, 350 Main St., P.O. Box 193, 01570

M,Tu,Th,F: 8a-4p; W: 8:30a-12p

Wellesley

781-431-1019

Fax: 781-237-5037

Town Hall, 525 Washington St., 02482

M-F: 8a-5p

Wellfleet

508-349-0301

Fax: 508-349-0317

Town Hall, 300 Main St., 02667

M-F: 8a-4p

Wendell

978-544-6682

Fax: 978-544-6052

270 Wendell Depot Rd., Wendell Depot, 01380

M-F: 7a-11a, 1p-5p

Wenham

978-468-5520

Fax: 978-468-6164

Town Hall, 138 Main St., 01984

M,W,Th: 9:30a-4:30p; Tu: 9:30a-7p; F: 9:30a-1p

West Boylston

508-835-6240

Fax: 508-835-4102

Town Hall, 120 Prescott St., 01583

M,Tu,Th,F: 9a-3:30p; W: 9a-9p

West Bridgewater

508-894-1200

Fax: 508-894-1210

Town Hall, 65 North Main St., 02379

M-F: 8a-4p; 1st & 3rd Wed of month: 7p-9p

West Brookfield

508-867-1415

Fax: 508-867-1404

Town Hall, 2 East Main St., P.O. Box 766, 01585

M: 10a-12p; Tu-Th: 9a-2p

West Newbury

978-363-1100

Fax: 978-363-1117

Town Hall, 381 Main St., 01985

M: 8a-7:30p; Tu,W: 8a-5p; Th: 8a-4:30p; F: 8a-12p

West Springfield

413-263-3012

Fax: 413-263-3046

Town Hall, 26 Central St., 01089

M-F: 8a-4:30p

West Stockbridge

413-232-0300

Fax: 413-232-0318

Town Hall, 9 Main St., P.O. Box 163, 01266

M: 1p-6p; Tu,Th: 10a-3p

West Tisbury

508-696-0148

Fax: 508-696-0103

Town Hall, 1059 State Rd., P.O. Box 278, 02575

M-F: 8:30a-1:30p

Westborough

508-366-3020

Fax: 508-366-3099

Town Hall, 34 West Main St., 01581

M,W,Th: 8a-5p; Tu: 8a-8p; F: 7:30a-12p

Westfield

413-572-6235

Fax: 413-564-3114

City Hall, 59 Court St., 01085

M-F: 9a-5p

Westford

978-692-5515

Fax: 978-399-2555

Town Hall, 55 Main St., 01886

M-F: 8a-4p

Westhampton

413-527-0463

Fax: 413-527-8655

Town Hall, One South Rd., 01027

Mon Evenings: 7p-8:30p; By appoinment

Westminster

978-874-7406

Fax: 978-874-7411

Town Hall, 3 Bacon St., P.O. Box 456, 01473

M-Th: 8a-1p, 2p-4:30p; F: 8a-1p

Weston

781-893-7320

Fax: 781-891-3697

Town Hall, Town House Rd., P.O. Box 378, 02493

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Westport

508-636-1000

Fax: 508-636-1147

Town Hall, 816 Main Rd., 02790

M-Th: 8:30a-4p; F: 8:30a-12p; 1st Mon of month: 7p-8:30p

Westwood

781-326-3964

Fax: 781-329-8030

Town Hall, 580 High St., 02090

M,W,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu: 8:30a-7p; F: 8:30a-1p

Weymouth

781-335-2000

Fax: 781-335-3283

City Hall, 75 Middle St., 02189

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Whately

413-665-0054

Fax: 413-665-9560

Town Hall, 218 Chestnut Plain Rd., P.O. Box 89, 01093

Tu: 12p-7p; Th: 8:30a-1p

Whitman

781-618-9710

Fax: 781-618-9791

Town Hall, 54 South Ave., P.O. Box 426, 02382

M-F: 8a-4p; Tu until 7:30p

Wilbraham

413-596-2809

Fax: 413-596-2830

Town Hall, 240 Springfield St., 01095

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Williamsburg

413-268-8402

Fax: 413-268-8409

Town Hall, 141 Main St., P.O. Box 447, Haydenville, 01039

M: 11a-3p; Tu: 9:15a-2:45p, 6:30p-8p; W: 11a-1p; Th: 10a-2p

Williamstown

413-458-9341

Fax: 413-458-4839

Town Hall, 31 North St., 01267

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Wilmington

978-658-2030

Fax: 978-658-3334

Town Hall, 121 Glen Rd., 01887

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Winchendon

978-297-2769

Fax: 978-297-1616

Town Hall, 109 Front St., 01475

M: 8:30a-6p; Tu,W,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; F: 8:30a-12p

Winchester

781-721-7130

Fax: 781-721-1153

Town Hall, 71 Mount Vernon St., 01890

M-F: 8a-4p

Windsor

413-684-3811

Fax: 413-684-1585

Town Hall, 3 Hinsdale Rd., 01270

M: 5p-7p; By Appointment

Winthrop

617-846-1742

Fax: 617-539-5814

Town Hall, One Metcalf Sq., 02152

M: 8a-7p; Tu,W,Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-12p

Woburn

781-932-4450

Fax: 781-932-4455

City Hall, 10 Common St., 01801

M-W: 9a-4:30p; Th: 9a-7p; F: 9a-1p

Worcester

508-799-1134

Fax: 508-799-1137

City Hall, 455 Main St., 01608

M: 8:45a-5p; Tu-F: 8:45a-4:15p

Worthington

413-238-5578

Fax: 413-238-5579

Town Hall, 160 Huntington Rd., P.O. Box 247, 01098

Sat: 10a-12:30p

Wrentham

508-384-5415

Fax: 508-384-5434

Town Hall, 100 Stonewall Blvd., 02093

Town List U

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Upton

508-529-3565

Fax: 508-529-1010

Town Hall, One Main St., P.O. Box 969, 01568

M,W: 9a-3p; Tu,Th: 9a-1p, 6p-8p; F: 9a-1p

Uxbridge

508-278-8608

Fax: 508-278-8605

Town Hall, 21 South Main St., 01569

M-F: 9a-4p: 2nd & 4th Mon of month: 6p-7p

Town List T

2009-12-08T08:48:00.000-08:00

Tauton

508-821-1024

Fax: 508-821-1098

City Clerk's Office, 15 Summer St., 02780

M-F: 9a-5p

Templeton

978-939-8466

Fax: 978-939-8327

Town Hall, 9 Main St., Baldwinville, 01436

M, Tu, Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-1p

Tewksbury

978-640-4355

Fax: 978-851-8610

Town Hall, 1009 Main St., 01876

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu Evenings: 7p-8:30p

Tisbury

508-696-4215

Fax: 508-693-5876

Town Hall, 51 Spring St., P.O. Box 606, Vineyard Haven, 02568

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Tolland

413-258-4794

Fax: 413-258-4048

Town Hall, 241 West Granville Rd., 01034

M: 2p-7p

Topsfield

978-887-1505

Fax: 978-887-1502

Town Hall, 8 West Common St., 01983

M-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-12p; July and Aug M-F: 8a-12p

Townsend

978-597-1704

Fax: 978-597-8135

Town Hall, 272 Main St., 01469

M-F: 9a-4p; Tu until 8p; 1st & 3rd Sat of month: 9a-12p

Truro

508-487-1386

Fax: 508-487-2762

Town Hall, 24 Town Hall Rd., P.O. Box 2012, 02666

M-F: 8a-4p

Tyngsborough

978-649-2300

Fax: 978-649-2301

Town Hall, 25 Bryants Lane, 01879

M: 8a-7p; Tu-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-12:30p

Tyringham

413-243-1749

Fax: 413-243-4942

Town Hall, 116 Main Rd., P.O. Box 442, 01264

By Appointment

Town List S

2009-12-08T08:41:00.000-08:00

Salem

978-745-9595

Fax: 978-740-0981

City Hall, 93 Washington St., 01970

M, T, W: 8a-4p; Th: 8a- 7p; F: 8a-12p

Salisbury

978-462-7591

Fax: 978-462-4176

Town Hall, 5 Beach Rd., 01952

M-Th: 8:30a-4p; M: 5p-7:30p; F: 8:30a-1p

Sandisfield

413-258-4711

Fax: 413-258-4225

Town Hall, 66 Sandisfield Rd., P.O. Box 163, 01255

M-Th: 8a-2p; Mon Evenings: 6p-7:30p

Sandwich

508-888-0340

Fax: 508-888-2497

Town Hall, 145 Main St., 02563

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Saugus

781-231-4101

Fax: 781-231-4109

Town Hall, 298 Central St., 01906

M: 8:30a-7p; Tu-Th: 8:15a-5p; F: 8:15a-12:30p

Savoy

413-743-3759

Fax: 413-743-4292

Town Office, 720 Main Rd., 01256

Tu,Th: 1p-4p; Sat: 10a-12p; or By Appt.

Scituate

781-545-8743

Fax: 781-545-8704

Town Hall, 600 Chief Justice Cushing Way, 02066

M,W,Th: 8:30a-4:45p; Tu: 8:30a-7:30p; F: 8:30a-11:45a

Seekonk

508-336-2920

Fax: 508-336-0764

Town Hall, 100 Peck St., 02771

M,Tu,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; W: 8:30a-7p; F: 8:30a-12p

Sharon

781-784-1505

Fax: 781-784-1503

Town Hall, 90 South Main St., 02067

M-W: 8:30a-5p; Th: 8:30a-8p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

Sheffield

413-229-8752

Fax: 413-229-7010

Town Hall, 21 Depot Sq., P.O. Box 175, 01257

M-F: 9a-4p

Shelburne

413-625-0301

Fax: 413-625-0312

Town Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, 01370

T: 9a-5p; Th Evenings: 5p-8p

Sherborn

508-651-7853

Fax: 508-651-7854

Town Hall, 19 Washington St., 01770

M-Th: 9a-1p; Tu: 6p-8p

Shirley

978-425-2600

Fax: 978-425-2681

Town Hall, 7 Keady Way, P.O. Box 782, 01464

M-F: 8:30a-11:30a, 12:30p-3p; Mon Evenings: 6p-9p

Shrewsbury

508-841-8507

Fax: 508-842-0587

Town Hall, 100 Maple Ave., 01545

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Shutesbury

413-259-1204

Fax: 413-259-1107

Town Hall, One Cooleyville Rd., P.O. Box 264, 01072

M-Th: 9a-1p

Somerset

508-646-2818

Fax: 508-646-2802

Town Offices, 140 Wood St., 02726

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; Wed until 6p

Somerville

617-625-4987

Fax: 617-625-5643

City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., 02143

M-W: 8:30a-4:30p; Th: 8:30a-7:30p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

South Hadley

413-538-5023

Fax: 413-538-7565

Town Hall, 116 Main St., 01075

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Southampton

413-527-8392

Fax: 413-529-1006

Town Hall, 8 East St., P.O. Box 276, 01073

M-Th: 8:30a-4p; Tu: 6p-8p

Southborough

508-485-0710

Fax: 508-480-0161

Town Hall, 17 Common St., 01772

M-F: 9a-5p

Southbridge

508-764-5408

Fax: 508-764-5425

Town Hall, 41 Elm St., 01550

M,Tu,W: 8a-4p; Th: 8a-8p; F: 8a-12p

Southwick

413-569-5504

Fax: 413-569-0667

Town Hall, 454 College Highway, 01077

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Spencer

508-885-7500

Fax: 508-885-7528

Town Hall, 157 Main St., 01562

M-Th: 8a-4p; Mon Evenings: 6p-8p

Springfield

413-787-6189

Fax: 413-782-5383

City Hall, 36 Court St., 01103

M, W, F: 9a-4p; T, Th: 9a-12p

Sterling

978-422-8111

Fax: 978-422-0289

Town Hall, One Park St., 01564

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Stockbridge

413-298-4568

Fax: 413-298-4485

Town Hall, 6 Main St., P.O. Box 417, 01262

M,Tu,Th,F: 9a-12p, W 1p-4p

Stoneham

781-279-2650

Fax: 781-279-2753

Town Hall, 35 Central St., 02180

M,W,Th: 8a-4p; Tu: 8a-7p; F: 8a-12p

Stoughton

781-341-1300

Fax: 781-341-1032

Town Hall, 10 Pearl St., 02072

M-W: 8:30a-4:30p; Th: 8:30a-6:30p; F: 8:30a-12p

Stow

978-897-4514

Fax: 978-897-4534

Town Hall, 380 Great Rd., 01775

M: 8a-7p; Tu: 8a-12:30p; W-F: 8a-12:30p, 1p-4p (Summer Closed Fridays)

Sturbridge

508-347-2510

Fax: 508-347-5886

Town Hall, 308 Main St., 01566

M-F: 8a-12p, 1p-4p; Mon Evenings: 6p-8p

Sudbury

978-443-8891

Fax: 978-443-0264

Town Hall, 322 Concord Rd., 01776

M-F: 9a-5p

Sunderland

413-665-1442

Fax: 413-665-1446

Town Hall, 12 School St., 01375

M-Th: 9a-3p; Mon Evenings:6p-8p

Sutton

508-865-8725

Fax: 508-865-8721

Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Rd., 01590

M-Th: 8a-4p; F: 9a-12p

Swampscott

781-596-8855

Fax: 781-596-8870

Town Hall, 22 Monument Ave., 01907

M-Th: 8a-4:30p; F: 8a-12:30p

Swansea

508-678-9389

Fax: 508-324-6700

Town Hall, 81 Main St., 02777

M,Tu,Th: 9a-4p; W: 9a-5p

Town List R

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Randolph

781-961-0900

Fax: 781-961-0919

Town Hall, 41 South Main St., 02368

M: 8:30a-7p: Tu-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Raynham

508-824-2700

Fax: 508-823-1812

Town Hall, 53 Orchard St., 02767

M-Th: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu: 6p-8p; F: 8:30a-12p

Reading

781-942-9050

Fax: 781-942-9070

Town Hall, 16 Lowell St., 01867

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Rehoboth

508-252-6502

Fax: 508-252-5342

Town Hall, 148R Peck St., 02769

M-F: 9a-4p

Revere

781-286-8105

Fax: 781-286-8206

City Hall, 281 Broadway, 02151

M-Th: 8:15a-5p; F: 8:15a-12:15p

Richmond

413-698-3315

Fax: 413-698-3272

Town Hall, 1529 State Rd., P.O. Box 81, 01254

M,Tu,Th,F: 9a-12p; Sat by Appoint.

Rochester

508-763-3866

Fax: 508-763-4892

Town Hall, One Constitution Way, 02770

M,W,F: 9a-2p; Tu,Th: 10a-4p; Mon Evenings: 5p-7p

Rockland

781-871-1892

Fax: 781-871-0386

Town Hall, 242 Union St., 02370

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Rockport

978-546-6894

Fax: 978-546-3562

Town Hall, 34 Broadway, P.O. Box 429, 01966

M-F: 8a-4p

Rowe

413-339-5520

Fax: 413-339-5316

Town Hall, 321 Zoar Rd., P.O. Box 308, 01367

Tu: 6:30p-7:30p; W: 8:30a-10:30a; by appointment

Rowley

978-948-2081

Fax: 978-948-2162

Town Hall, 139 Main St., P.O. Box 351, 01969

M: 1p-8p; Tu,Th,F: 8a-12p; W: 8a-4:30p

Royalston

978-249-0493

Fax: 978-249-0493

Town Hall, 13 The Common, 01368

Tu: 9a-2:30p

Russell

413-862-3265

Fax: 413-862-3103

Town Hall, 65 Main St., P.O. Box 407, 01071

Tu: 6p-8p; F: 4p-6p

Rutland

508-886-4104

Fax: 508-886-2929

Town Hall, 250 Main St., 01543

M,W,Th: 7:30a-4p; Tu: 7:30a-7p

Town List Q

2009-12-08T08:37:00.000-08:00

Quincy

617-376-1131

Fax: 617-376-1139

City Hall, Election Office, 1305 Hancock Street, 02169

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Town List P

2009-12-08T08:35:00.000-08:00

Palmer

413-283-2608

Fax: 413-283-2604

Town Hall, 4417 Main St., 01069

M-F: 9a-4:30p

Paxton

508-799-7347

Fax: 508-797-0966

Town Hall, 697 Pleasant St., 01612

M-Th: 8a-2p

Peabody

978-538-5750

Fax: 978-538-5985

City Hall, 24 Lowell St., 01960

M-W: 8:30a-4p; Th: 8:30a-7p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

Pelham

413-253-7129

Fax: 413-256-1061

Town Hall, 351 Amherst Rd., 01002

M-Th: 8:30a-4:30p

Pembroke

781-293-7211

Fax: 781-293-4650

Town Hall, 100 Center St., 02359

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Pepperell

978-433-0339

Fax: 978-433-0338

Town Hall, One Main St., 01463

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Peru

413-655-8312

Fax: 413-655-8312

Town Hall, 3 West Main Rd., 01235

M: 6p-8p

Petersham

978-724-6649

Fax: 978-724-3501

Town Hall, 3 South Main St., P.O. Box 486, 01366

M: 6p-8p

Phillipston

978-249-1733

Fax: 978-249-3356

Town Hall, 50 on the Common, 01331

M: 12p-2p, 6p-8p; W: 5p-7p; Sat: 8:30a-10a

Pittsfield

413-499-9460

Fax: 413-499-9463

City Hall, 70 Allen St., 01201

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Plainfield

413-634-5417

Fax: 413-634-5683 (call before faxing)

Town Hall, 344 Main St., 01070

Sat: 10a-12p (By Appoint.)

Plainville

508-695-3142

Fax: 508-695-1857

Town Hall, 142 South St., P.O. Box 1717, 02762

M-Th: 8a-4:30p; M: 5p-8p

Plymouth

508-830-4050

Fax: 508-830-4062

Town Hall, 11 Lincoln St., 02360

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Plympton

781-585-3220

Fax: 781-582-1505

Town Hall, 5 Palmer Rd., P.O. Box 153, 02367

M-Th: 9a-2p; Mon Evenings: 7p-9p

Princeton

978-464-2103

Fax: 978-464-2106

Town Hall, 6 Town Hall Dr., 01541

M-Th: 8:30a-3:30p; F: 8:30a-12p

Provincetown

508-487-7000

Fax: 508-487-9560

Town Hall, 260 Commercial St., 02657

M-F: 8a-5p

Town List O

2009-12-08T08:34:00.000-08:00

Oak Bluffs

508-693-5515

Fax: 508-693-5124

Town Hall, 56 School St., P.O. Box 2490, 02557

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Oakham

508-882-5549

Fax: 508-882-3060

Town Hall, 2 Coldbrook Rd., P.O. Box 222, 01068

M: 9a-11:30a; W: 6p-7:30p

Orange

978-544-2254

Fax: 978-544-1120

Town Hall, 6 Prospect St., 01364

M-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-1p

Orleans

508-240-3700

Fax: 508-240-3388

Town Hall, 19 School Rd., 02653

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Otis

413-269-0101

Fax: 413-269-0111

Town Hall, One North Main Rd., P.O. Box 237, 01253

M-Th: 8a-3p; Sat: 9a-11a

Oxford

508-987-6032

Fax: 508-987-6048

Town Hall, 325 Main St., 01540

M-F: 9a-4:30p

Town List N

2009-12-08T08:30:00.000-08:00

Nahant

781-581-0018

Fax: 781-593-0340

Town Hall, 334 Nahant Rd., 01908

M-F: 8a-12p

Nantucket

508-228-7217

Fax: 508-325-5313

Town Hall, 16 Broad St., 02554

M-F: 8a-4p

Natick

508-647-6430

Fax: 508-647-6401

Town Hall, 13 East Central St., 01760

M-F: 8a-5p; Wed until 8p

Needham

781-455-7510

Fax: 781-449-4569

Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave., P.O. Box 920663, 02492

M-F: 8:30a-5p; 2nd and 4th Tuesday of month: 7:30p-9p (July & Aug.: 3rd Tuesday)

New Ashford

413-458-5461

Fax: 413-458-5461

Town Hall, 188 Mallery Rd.,01237

Hours Vary

New Bedford

508-979-1420

Fax: 508-979-1422

City Hall, 133 Williams St., 02740

M-F: 8a-4p

New Braintree

508-867-4952

Fax: 508-867-4467

Town Hall, 20 Memorial Dr., Room 5, 01531

M: 7p-9p; F: 9a-1p

New Marlborough

413-229-8116

Fax: 413-229-6674

Town Hall, Mill River South Field Rd., P.O. Box 99, Mill River, 01244

Tu,W: 8a-3p; Th: 8a-12p

New Salem

978-544-2731

Fax: 978-544-5775

Town Hall, 15 South Main St., 01355

M: 6p-9p; W: 9a-11a

Newbury

978-462-2332

Fax: 978-465-3064

Town Hall, 25 High Rd., 01951

M-Th: 7:30a-3:30p; Tu: 7p-9p; F: 7:30a-1p

Newburyport

978-465-4407

Fax: 978-462-7936

City Hall, 60 Pleasant St., P.O. Box 550, 01950

M-W: 8a-4p; Th: 8a-8p; F: 8a-12p

Newton

617-796-1350

Fax: 617-796-1359

City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., 02459

M-F: 8:30a-5p; Tuesday until 8p

Norfolk

508-528-1400

Fax: 508-541-3363

Town Hall, One Liberty Ln., P.O. Box 216, 02056

M-W: 9a-4p; Th: 9a-7p; F: 9a-1p

North Adams

413-662-3015

Fax: 413-662-3010

City Hall, 10 Main St., Room 109, 01247

M-F: 8a-4:30p

North Andover

978-688-9502

Fax: 978-688-9556

Town Clerk's Office, 120 Main Street, 01845

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

North Attleborough

508-699-0106

Fax: 508-699-0134

Town Hall, 43 South Washington St., 02760

M-F: 8a-4p; Th until 7p

North Brookfield

508-867-0203

Fax: 508-867-0249

Town Hall, 185 North Main St., 01535

Tu,Th: 12p-2:30p; Tu 6p-8p; F: 9a-12p

North Reading

978-664-6017

Fax: 978-664-6048

Town Hall, 235 North St., 01864

M-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-1p

Northampton

413-587-1291

Fax: 413-587-1308

City Hall, 210 Main St., Room 4, 01060

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Northborough

508-393-5002

Fax: 508-393-6996

Town Hall, 63 Main St., 01532

M,W,Th: 8a-4p; Tu: 8a-7p; F: 7a-12p

Northbridge

508-234-2001

Fax: 508-234-2001

Town Hall, 7 Main St., Whitinsville, 01588

M: 8:30a-7p; Tu,W,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; F: 8:30a-1p

Northfield

413-498-2901

Fax: 413-498-5103

Town Hall, 69 Main St., 01360

M,Tu: 9a-5p; W: 9a-12p, 4p-8p

Norton

508-285-0230

Fax: 508-285-0297

Town Hall, 70 East Main St., 02766

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; Th until 8p

Norwell

781-659-8072

Fax: 781-659-7795

Town Hall, 345 Main St., P.O. Box 295, 02061

M,Tu: 8a-4:15p; W: 8a-7:30p; Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-12p

Norwood

781-762-1240

Fax: 781-762-0954

Town Hall, 566 Washington St., 02062

M-F: 8:15a-4:30p

Town List M

2009-12-08T08:24:00.000-08:00

Malden

781-397-7116

Fax: 781-388-0610

City Hall, 200 Pleasant St., 02148

M-Th: 8a-4p; Tu until 7p; F: 8a-12p

Manchester-by-the-Sea

978-526-2040

Fax: 978-526-2001

Town Hall, 10 Central St., 01944

M-W: 8:30a-5p, Th: 8:30a-8p

Mansfield

508-261-7345

Fax: 508-261-1083

Town Hall, 6 Park Row, 02048

M,Tu,Th: 8a-4p; W: 8a-8p; F: 8a-12p

Marblehead

781-631-0528

Fax: 781-631-8571

Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St., 01945

M,Tu,Th: 8a-5p; W: 7:30a-7:30p; F: 8a-1p

Marion

508-748-3505

Fax: 508-748-3534

Town Hall, 2 Spring St., 02738

M-Th: 8a-4:30p; F: 8a-3:30p

Marlborough

508-460-3775

Fax: 508-624-6504

City Hall, 140 Main St., 01752

M-F: 8:30a-5p; Sept. thru June Mon: 8:30a-7p

Marshfield

781-834-5540

Fax: 781-834-6289

Town Hall, 870 Moraine St., 02050

M: 8:30a-7:30p; Tu-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Mashpee

508-539-1400

Fax: 508-539-2894

Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Rd. North, 02649

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Mattapoisett

508-758-4103

Fax: 508-758-3030

Town Hall, 16 Main St., P.O. Box 89, 02739

M-F: 8a-4p

Maynard

978-897-1000

Fax: 978-897-8457

Town Hall, 195 Main St., 01754

M-F: 8a-4p

Medfield

508-359-8505

Fax: 508-359-6182

Town Hall, 459 Main St., 02052

M-W: 8:30a-4:30p; Th: 8:30a-7:30p; F: 8:30a-1p

Medford

781-393-2491

Fax: 781-393-1895

City Hall, 85 George P. Hassett Dr., Room 103, 02155

M-Th: 8:30a-4:30p; Wed until 7:30p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

Medway

508-533-3204

Fax: 508-533-3287

Town Hall, 155 Village St., 02053

M: 8a-7:30p; T-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-1p

Melrose

781-979-4125

Fax: 781-665-6877

City Hall, 562 Main St., P.O. Box C, 02176

M-F: 8a-4:30p; 1st & 3rd Mon from 7p-8p

Mendon

508-473-1085

Fax: 508-478-8241

Town Hall, 20 Main St., P.O. Box 54, 01756

M-Th: 8a-3p; Mon Evenings:6:30p-8:30p

Merrimac

978-346-8013

Fax: 978-346-7832

Town Hall, 2 School St., 01860

M,Tu,Th,F: 9a-4p; Sat: 9a-12p

Methuen

978-794-3213

Fax: 978-681-1344

Searles Building, 41 Pleasant St., 01844

M-Th: 8:30a-5:30p; F: 8:30a-12p

Middleborough

508-946-2415

Fax: 508-946-2308

Town Hall, 20 Centre St., 1st Floor, 02346

M-F: 8:45a-5p

Middlefield

413-623-2079

Fax: 413-623-6108

Town Hall, 188 Skyline Trail, P.O. Box 265, 01243

M: 6:30p-9p; Sat: 9a-12p

Middleton

978-774-6927

Fax: 978-774-6167

Memorial Hall, 48 South Main St., 01949

M-Th: 9a-4p; Tu: 6p-8p; F: 9a-1p

Milford

508-634-2307

Fax: 508-634-2324

Town Hall, 52 Main St., 01757

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Millbury

508-865-9110

Fax: 508-865-0857

Town Hall, 127 Elm St., 01527

M-F: 9a-4p; 1st & 3rd Tu until 7p

Millis

508-376-7046

Fax: 508-376-7053

Town Hall, 900 Main St., 02054

M-F: 8:30p-4:30p; Mon Evenings: 6p-8p

Millville

508-883-5849

Fax: 508-883-2994

Town Hall, 8 Central St., P.O. Box 703, 01529

M-Th: 8:30a-5:30p; W: 6p-8p

Milton

617-696-5414

Fax: 617-696-6995

Town Hall, 525 Canton Ave., 02186

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Monroe

413-424-5272

Fax: 413-424-7580

Town Hall, 3-C School St., P.O. Box 59, 01350

M: 2p-5:30p

Monson

413-267-4115

Fax: 413-267-3726

Town Hall, 110 Main St., Suite 4, 01057

M-F: 9a-4p

Montague

413-863-3211

Fax: 413-863-3224

Town Hall, One Avenue A, Turners Falls, 01376

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Monterey

413-528-5175

Fax: 413-528-9452

Town Hall, 435 Main Rd., P.O. Box 277, 01245

Sat 9:30a-12:30p & By Appointment

Montgomery

413-862-4478

Fax: 413-862-3204

Town Hall, 161 Main Rd., 01085

By Appointment

Mount Washington

413-528-2839

Fax: 413-528-2839

Town Hall, 118 East St., 01258

M: 7:30p-9:30p

Town List L

2009-12-08T08:22:00.000-08:00

Lakeville

508-946-8814

Fax: 508-946-3970

Town Hall, 346 Bedford St., 02347

M-F: 9a-4p

Lancaster

978-365-2542

Fax: 978-368-4005

Town Hall, 695 Main St., P.O. Box 97, 01523

M-Th: 9a-4p

Lanesborough

413-442-1351

Fax: 413-443-5811

Town Hall, 83 North Main St., P.O. Box 1492, 01237

M-Th: 8a-1p

Lawrence

978-794-5803

Fax: 978-794-5804

City Hall, 200 Common St., 01840

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu: 7p-8p

Lee

413-243-5505

Fax: 413-243-5507

Town Hall, 32 Main St., 01238

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Leicester

508-892-7011

Fax: 508-892-7070

Town Hall, 3 Washburn Sq., 01524

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Lenox

413-637-5506

Fax: 413-637-5518

Town Hall, 6 Walker St., 01240

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Leominster

978-534-7536

Fax: 978-534-7546

City Hall, 25 West St., 01453

M-F: 8:30a-4p; Thurs Evenings till 5:30p

Leverett

413-548-9150

Fax: 413-548-9150

Town Hall, 9 Montague Rd., P.O.Box 300, 01054

M,Th: 9:30a-2:30p; W: 9:30a-12:30p

Lexington

781-862-0500

Fax: 781-861-2754

Town Hall, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., 02420

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Leyden

413-774-7769

Fax: 413-772-0146

Town Hall, 16 West Leyden Rd., 01337

M: 2p-6:30p; W: 6p-7:30p

Lincoln

781-259-2607

Fax: 781-259-1677

Town Hall, 16 Lincoln Rd., P.O. Box 6353, 01773

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Littleton

978-952-2314

Fax: 978-952-2321

Town Hall, 37 Shattuck St., P.O. Box 1305, 01460

M-F: 9a-3p;Th: 6p-8p

Longmeadow

413-567-1066

Fax: 413-565-4112

Town Hall, 20 Williams St., 01106

M-F: 8:15a-4:30p

LOWELL

978-970-4046

Fax: 978-970-4089

City Hall, 375 Merrimack St., 01852

M-F: 8a-5p

Ludlow

413-583-5610

Fax: 413-583-5603

Town Hall, 488 Chapin St., 01056

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Lunenburg

978-582-4130

Fax: 978-582-4148

Town Hall, 17 Main St., P.O. Box 135, 01462

M,W,Th: 8a-4p; Tu: 8a-6:30p

Lynn

781-586-6725

Fax: 781-596-3220

City Hall, 3 City Hall Sq., Room 201, 01901

M-Th: 8:30a-4p; Tu until 8p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

Lynnfield

781-334-3128

Fax: 781-334-0014

Town Hall, 55 Summer St., 01940

M-Th: 8a-4:30p; F: 8a-1p

Town List K

2009-12-08T08:21:00.001-08:00

Kingston

781-585-0502

Fax: 781-585-0542

Town Hall, 26 Evergreen St., 02364

M-F: 8:30a-12p, 1p-4:30p; Tu: 7p-9p

Town List I

2009-12-08T08:20:00.000-08:00

Ipswich

978-356-6600

Fax: 978-356-6616

Town Hall, 25 Green St., 01938

M: 8a-7p; Tu,W,Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-12p

Town List H

2009-12-08T08:13:00.000-08:00

Hadley

413-584-1590

Fax: 413-586-5661

Town Hall, 100 Middle St., 01035

M-F: 9a-4p

Halifax

781-293-7970

Fax: 781-294-7684

Town Hall, 499 Plymouth St., 02338

M-Th: 7a-4p; F: 7a-11a

Hamilton

978-468-5570

Fax: 978-468-2682

Town Hall, 577 Bay Rd., P.O. Box 429, 01936

M: 8a-7p, T-Th: 8a-4:30p; F: 8a-12p

Hampden

413-566-3214

Fax: 413-566-2010

Town Hall, 625 Main St., P.O Box 215, 01036

M-Th: 9a-1p

Hancock

413-738-5225

Fax: 413-738-5310

Town Hall, 3650 Hancock Rd.,, 01237

Tu: 7p-9p; Th: 9a-12p; 1st Sat. of month: 9a-11a

Hanover

781-826-2691

Fax: 781-826-5239

Town Hall, 550 Hanover St., 02339

M-F: 8a-4p

Hanson

781-293-2772

Fax: 781-294-0884

Town Hall, 542 Liberty St., 02341

M,Tu,Th: 8a-5p; Tu Evenings: 6p-9p; W,F: 8a-12p

Hardwick

413-477-6700

Fax: 413-477-6703

Municipal Building, 307 Main St., P.O. Box 575, Gilbertville, 01031

M: 8:30a-4p, 6:30p-9p; Tu: 1p-4:30p; W: 8:30a-12p; 3rd Sat of month: 9a-12p

Harvard

978-456-4100

Fax: 978-456-4113

Town Hall, 13 Ayer Rd., 01451

M-Th: 8:30a-4p; Tu Evenings: 5p-7p

Harwich

508-430-7516

Fax: 508-432-5039

Town Hall, 732 Main St., 02645

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Hatfield

413-247-0492

Fax: 413-247-5029

Town Hall, 59 Main St., 01038

M-F: 8a-12:15p, 1p-4:30p

Haverhill

978-374-2312

Fax: 978-373-8490

City Hall, 4 Summer St., Room 118, 01830

M-F: 8a-4p

Hawley

413-339-5518

Fax: 413-339-4959

Town Hall, 8 Pudding Hollow Rd., 01339

W: 1p-2p; By Appointment

Heath

413-337-4934

Fax: 413-337-8542

Town Hall, One East Main St., 01346

Tu: 12:30p-3:30p

Hingham

781-741-1410

Fax: 781-740-0239

Town Hall, 210 Central St., 02043

M,W,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu: 8:30a-7p; F: 8:30a-1p

Hinsdale

413-655-2301

Fax: 413-655-8807

Town Hall, 39 South St., P.O. Box 803, 01235

Wed Evenings: 6:30p-8p; By Appointment

Holbrook

781-767-4314

Fax: 781-767-9054

Town Hall, 50 North Franklin St., 02343

M-F: 8a-4p

Holden

508-829-0265

Fax: 508-829-0281

Town Hall, 1196 Main St., 01520

Winter Hours: M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; Summer Hours: M-F: 8a-4p

Holland

413-245-7108

Fax: 413-245-7037

Town Hall, 27 Sturbridge Rd., 01521

M 9a-12p; T 9a-12p, 1pm-3pm; Tues. Evenings: 7:30p-8:30p

Holliston

508-429-0601

Fax: 508-429-0684

Town Hall, 703 Washington St., 01746

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Holyoke

413-322-5540

Fax: 413-322-5541

City Hall, 536 Dwight St., 01040

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Hopedale

508-634-2203

Fax: 508-634-2200

Town Hall, 78 Hopedale St., P.O. Box 7, 01747

M-Th: 9a-2p; M: 6p-8p

Hopkinton

508-497-9710

Fax: 508-497-9702

Town Hall, 18 Main St., 01748

M,W,Th,F: 8a-4:30p; Tu: 8a-7p (Sept.-May)

Hubbardston

978-928-5244

Fax: 978-928-1402

Town Hall, 7 Main St., P.O. Box H, 01452

M: 2p-8p; Tu,W,Th: 8a-4p

Hudson

978-568-9615

Fax: 978-562-8505

Town Hall, 78 Main St., 01749

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Hull

781-925-2262

Fax: 781-925-0224

Town Hall, 253 Atlantic Ave., 02045

M,W: 8a-4p; T,Th: 8a-7:30p

Huntington

413-667-3186

Fax: 413-667-3507

Town Hall, 24 Russell Rd., P.O. Box 523, 01050

M: 9a-12p; W: 6p-8p

Town List G

2009-12-08T08:11:00.000-08:00

Gardner

978-630-4008

Fax: 978-630-2520

City Hall, 95 Pleasant St., 01440

M-Th: 8a-4:30p; F: 8a-4p

Georgetown

978-352-5711

Fax: 978-352-5725

Town Hall, One Library St., 01833

M, W, F: 9a-12p; Tu,Th: 9a-4p

Gill

413-863-8103

Fax: 413-863-7775

Town Hall, 325 Main Rd., 01376

Tu,W,F: 12p-3p; W: 7p-8:30p

Gloucester

978-281-9720

Fax: 978-281-8472

City Hall, 9 Dale Ave., 01930

M-W: 8:30a-4p; Th: 8:30a-6:30p; F: 8:30a-4p(winter), 8:30a-12:30p (summer)

Goshen

413-268-8236

Fax: 413-268-8237

Town Hall, 42 Main St., P.O. Box 124, 01032

M: 6:30p-8:30p

Gosnold

508-990-7408

Fax: 508-990-3318

Town Hall, 28 Tower Hill Rd., P.O. Box 28, Cuttyhunk, 02713

M-F: 9a-12p

Grafton

508-839-5335

Fax: 508-839-4602

Town Hall, 30 Providence Rd., 01519

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu until 7p

Granby

413-467-7178

Fax: 413-467-2080

Kellogg Hall, 250 State St., 01033

M-Th: 9a-3p; F: 9a-12p; By Appointment

Granville

413-357-8585

Fax: 413-357-6002

Town Hall, 707 Main Rd., P.O. Box 247, 01034

M: 10a-12p, 7p-9p

Great Barrington

413-528-3140

Fax: 413-528-2290

Town Hall, 334 Main St., 01230

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Greenfield

413-772-1555

Fax: 413-772-1542

Town Hall, 14 Court Sq., 01301

M-F: 9a-5p

Groton

978-448-1100

Fax: 978-448-2030

Town Hall, 173 Main St., 01450

M: 8:30a-7p; Tu-Th: 8:30a-4:30p; F: 9a-4p; 1st and 3rd Sat (Sept.- June): 9a-12p

Groveland

978-469-5005

Fax: 978-469-5006

Town Hall, 183 Main St., 01834

M-F: 7a-2p; Mon Evenings: 6p-8p

Town List F

2009-12-08T08:09:00.000-08:00

Fairhaven

508-979-4025

Fax: 508-979-4079

Town Hall, 40 Center St., 02719

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Fall River

508-324-2634

Fax: 508-324-2633

City Hall, One Government Center, 02722

M-F: 9a-5p

Falmouth

508-495-7353

Fax: 508-457-2511

Town Hall, 59 Town Hall Sq., 02540

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Fitchburg

978-345-9592

Fax: 978-345-9595

City Hall, 718 Main St., 01420

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Florida

413-664-6685

Fax: 413-664-8640

Post Office, 20 South St., Drury, 01343

By Appointment

Foxborough

508-543-1208

Fax: 508-543-6278

Town Hall, 40 South St., 02035

M-Th: 8:30a-4p; Th Evenings: 5p-8p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

Framingham

508-620-4863

Fax: 508-628-1358

Town Hall, 150 Concord St., 01702

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Franklin

508-520-4900

Fax: 508-520-4903

Municipal Building, 150 Emmons St., 02038

M,Tu,Th,F: 8:30a-4:30p; W: 8:30a-7p

Freetown

508-644-2203

Fax: 508-644-9826

Town Hall, 3 North Main St., P.O. Box 438, Assonet, 02702

M-F: 9a-4p

Town List E

2009-12-08T08:07:00.000-08:00

East Bridgewater

508-378-1606

Fax: 508-378-1638

Town Hall, 175 Central St., P.O. Box 387, 02333

M: 8:30a-8p; Tu-Th: 8:30a-4:30p; F: 8:30a-12p

East Brookfield

508-867-6769

Fax: 508-867-4190

Town Hall, 101 Depot Sq., P.O. Box 568, 01515

M: 9a-1p, 7p-9p; Tu: 9a-1p; F: 10a-2p

East Longmeadow

413-525-5400

Fax: 413-525-0022

Town Hall, 60 Center Sq., 01028

M-F: 8a-4p

Eastham

508-240-5900

Fax: 508-240-1291

Town Hall, 2500 State Highway, 02642

M-F: 8a-4p

Easthampton

413-529-1460

Fax: 413-529-1488

Town Hall, 50 Payson Ave, Suite 100, 01027

M-F: 8a-4p; Wed Evenings: 7p-8p

Easton

508-230-0530

Fax: 508-230-0539

Town Hall, 136 Elm St., North Easton, 02356

M: 8:30a-7:30p; Tu,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; F: 8:30a-12:30p

Edgartown

508-627-6110

Fax: 508-627-6123

Town Hall, 70 Main St., P.O. Box 35, 02539

M-F: 8a-4p

Egremont

413-528-0182

Fax: 413-528-5465

Town Hall, 171 Egremont Plain Rd., P.O. Box 56, 01258

Tu Evenings: 7p-9p

Erving

413-422-2800

Fax: 413-422-2808

Town Hall, 12 East Main St., 01344

Mon Evenings: 6:30p-9p

Essex

978-768-7111

Fax: 978-768-2505

Town Hall, 30 Martin St., 01929

M,W: 8:30a-1p; Tu,Th: 1p-4p

Everett

617-394-2297

Fax: 617-394-2433

City Hall, 484 Broadway, 02149

M-F: 8a-4p

Town List D

2009-12-08T08:03:00.000-08:00

Dalton

413-684-6103

Fax: 413-684-6107

Town Hall, 462 Main St., 01226

M-W: 8a-4p; Th: 8a-6p

Danvers

978-777-0001

Fax: 978-777-1025

Town Hall,One Sylvan St.,01923

M-W: 8a-5p; Th: 8a-7:30p; F: 8a-1:30p

Dartmouth

508-910-1800

Fax: 508-910-1894

Town Hall,400 Slocum Rd., P.O. Box 79399, 02747

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Dedham

781-326-1638

Fax: 781-461-5992

Town Hall, 26 Bryant St., P.O. Box 306, 02027

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Deerfield

413-665-2130

Fax: 413-665-5512

Town Hall, 8 Conway St., South Deerfield, 01373

M-F: 9a-4p

Dennis

508-760-6115

Fax: 508-394-8309

Town Hall, 485 Main St., P.O. Box 1419, South Dennis, 02660

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Dighton

508-669-5411

Fax: 508-669-5932

Town Hall, 979 Somerset Ave., 02715

M,Tu,Th: 8a-4p; W: 8a-5p; F: 8a-12p; 2nd & Last Wed Evening 6:30p-8p

Douglas

508-476-4000

Fax: 508-476-4012

Town Hall, 29 Depot St., 01516

M-Th: 8:30a-1p, 1:30p-4p; Tu Evenings: 6p-8p

Dover

508-785-0032

Fax: 508-785-2341

Town Hall, 5 Springdale Ave., P.O. Box 250, 02030

M,W,F: 9a-1p; Tu,Th: 9a-4p

Dracut

978-453-0951

Fax: 978-452-7924

Town Hall, 62 Arlington St., Room 4, 01826

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Dudley

508-949-8004

Fax: 508-949-7115

Town Hall, 71 West Main Street, Room 207, 01571

M-Th: 8a-12p, 12:30p-4:30p; Th: 6p-8p; F: 9a-1p

Dunstable

978-649-4514

Fax: 978-649-4371

Town Hall, 511 Main St., 01827

M: 6p-9p; Tu,W,Th: 9a-3p; F: 9a-1p

Duxbury

781-934-1131

Fax: 781-934-9278

Town Hall, 878 Tremont St., 02332

M-F: 8a-12p, 1p-4p

Town List C

2009-12-08T07:59:00.000-08:00

Cambridge

617-349-4361

Fax: 617-349-4366

City Hall, 51 Inman Street, 1st Floor, 02139

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Canton

781-821-5013

Fax: 781-821-5016

Town Hall, 801 Washington St., 02021

M-F: 9a-5p

Carlisle

978-369-6155

Fax: 978-371-0595

Town Hall, 66 Westford St., 01741

M-F: 9a-1p

Carver

508-866-3404

Fax: 508-866-3408

Town Hall, 108 Main St., 02330

M-Th: 8a-4p; Tu Evenings: 5p-8p; F: 8a-12p

Charlemont

413-625-6157

Fax: 413-339-0320

Town Hall, 157 Main St., P.O. Box 605, 01339

By Appointment

Charlton

508-248-2249

Fax: 508-248-2073

Town Hall, 37 Main St., 01507

M-Th: 10a-12p, 1p-3p; Tu: 6p-8p

Chatham

508-945-5101

Fax: 508-945-3550

Town Hall, 549 Main St., 02633

M-F: 8a-4p

Chelmsford

978-250-5205

Fax: 978-250-5208

Town Offices, 50 Billerica Rd., 01824

M-F: 8:30a-5p

Chelsea

617-889-8226

Fax: 617-889-8367

City Hall, 500 Broadway, Room 209, 02150

M-Th: 8a-4p; Tu Evenings: 4p-7p; F: 8a-12p

Cheshire

413-743-1690

Fax: 413-743-0389

Town Hall, 80 Church St., Box S, 01225

M-W: 9a-3p; Tu Evenings: 7p-9p, Th: 9a-12p

Chester

413-354-6603

Fax: 413-354-2268

Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd., 01011

M: 7p-9p

Chesterfield

413-296-4741

Fax: 413-296-4394

Town Hall, 422 Main Rd., P.O. Box 33, 01012

M: 7p-9p; Sat: 9:30a-11:30a

Chicopee

413-594-1550

Fax: 413-594-1554

City Hall, 274 Front Street, 01013

M-F: 8a-5p (Clerk); M-F 9a-5p (Registrars)

Chilmark

508-645-2107

Fax: 508-645-2110

Town Hall, 401 Middle Rd., P.O. Box 119, 02535

M-F: 8a-12p

Clarksburg

413-663-8247

Fax: 413-664-6575

Town Hall, 111 River Rd., 01247

M-Th: 8:30a-2:30p

Clinton

978-365-4119

Fax: 978-365-4130

Town Hall, 242 Church St., 01510

M-F: 8a-4p

Cohasset

781-383-4100

Fax: 781-383-1561

Town Hall, 41 Highland Ave., 02025

M,W,Th: 8:30a-4:30p; Tu: 8:30a-7p; F: 8:30a-1p

Colrain

413-624-3454

Fax: 413-624-8852

Town Hall, 55 Main Rd., P.O. Box 31, 01340

M-Th: 9a-4p; Mon Evenings: 7p-9p

Concord

978-318-3080

Fax: 978-318-3093

Town House, 22 Monument Sq., P.O. Box 535, 01742

M,Tu,W,F: 8:30a-4:30p; Th: 8:30a-6p (Sept-June), 8:30a-4:30p (July-Aug)

Conway

413-369-4235

Fax: 413-369-4237

Town Hall, 32 Main St., P.O. Box 240, 01341

Tu,Th,F: 9a-12p

Cummington

413-634-5354

Fax: 413-634-5568

Town Hall, 33 Main St., P.O. Box 128, 01026

Mon Evenings: 6p-7:30p

Town List B

2009-12-08T07:51:00.001-08:00

Barnstable

508-862-4044

Fax: 508-790-6326

Town Hall, 367 Main St., Hyannis, 02601

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Barre

978-355-5003

Fax: 978-355-5032

Town Hall, 2 Exchange St., P.O. Box 418, 01005

M,W: 7p-9p; Tu,Th: 9a-4p; 1st Sa of month: 9a-12p

Becket

413-623-8934

Fax: 413-623-6036

Town Hall, 557 Main St., 01223

M: 12p-4:30p; Tu,F: 8:30a-1p; W: 12p-8p

Bedford

781-275-0083

Fax: 781-275-5757

Town Hall, 10 Mudge Way, 01730

M-F: 8a-4p

Belchertown

413-323-0281

Fax: 413-323-0107

Town Hall, 2 Jabish St., P.O. Box 629, 01007

M-F: 8a-5p

Bellingham

508-966-5827

Fax: 508-966-5804

Town Hall, 2 Mechanic St., P.O. Box 367, 02019

M: 8:30a-7p; Tu-Th: 8:30a-4:30p; F: 8:30a-1p

Belmont

617-993-2603

Fax: 617-993-2601

Town Hall, 455 Concord Ave., P.O. Box 56, 02478

M-F: 8a-4p; By Appointment

Berkley

508-822-3348

Fax: 508-822-3511

Town Hall, One North Main St., 02779

M-F: 9a-4p

Berlin

978-838-2931

Fax: 978-838-0014

Town Hall, 23 Linden St., # 8, 01503

Tu, Th: 12p-3p; W: 7p-9p

Bernardston

413-648-5408

Fax: 413-648-9428

Town Hall, 38 Church St., P.O. Box 504, 01337

W: 9a-3p

Beverly

978-921-6037

Fax: 978-921-8511

City Hall, 191 Cabot St., 01915

M-W: 8:30a-4:30p; Th: 8:30a-7:30p; F: 8:30a-1p

Billerica

978-671-0924

Fax: 978-663-6510

Town Hall, 365 Boston Rd., 01821

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Blackstone

508-883-1500

Fax: 508-883-4953

Town Hall, 15 Saint Paul St., 01504

M-F: 9a-4:30p; Tu: 5:30p-7:30p

Blandford

413-848-2782

Fax: 413-848-0908

Town Hall, 102 Main St., P.O. Box 101, 01008

M: 6:30p-9p

Bolton

978-779-2771

Fax: 978-779-5461

Town Hall, 663 Main St., P.O. Box 278, 01740

Tu: 9a-4p; Tu: 7p-9p; W-Th: 9a-1p

Boston

617-635-4635

Fax: 617-635-4483

City Hall, One City Hall Square, Room 241, 02201

M-F: 9a-5p

Bourne

508-759-0600

Fax: 508-759-8026

Town Hall, 24 Perry Ave., Buzzards Bay, 02532

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Boxborough

978-263-1116

Fax: 978-264-3127

Town Hall, 29 Middle Rd., 01719

M,W,F: 10a-2p; M: 7p-9p; Th: 10a-1p

Boxford

978-887-0806

Fax: 978-887-3546

Town Hall, 7A Spofford Road, 01921

M-Th: 8a-4:30p

Boylston

508-869-2234

Fax: 508-869-6210

Town Hall, 221 Main St., 01505

M,Tu: 8a-2p; M: 6p-8p; W,Th: 8a-1p

Braintree

781-794-8244

Fax: 781-794-8259

Town Hall, 1 JFK Memorial Dr., 02184

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Brewster

508-896-4506

Fax: 508-896-8089

Town Hall, 2198 Main St., 02631

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Bridgewater

508-697-0922

Fax: 508-697-0941

Town Hall, 64 Central Sq., 02324

M: 8a-7p; T-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-1p

Brimfield

413-245-4101

Fax: 413-245-4107

Town Hall, 21 Main St., P.O. Box 508, 01010

Tu: 6:30p-8p; Sat: 9a-11a

Brockton

508-580-7117

Fax: 508-583-6424

City Hall, 45 School St., 02301

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Brookfield

508-867-2930

Fax: 508-867-5091

Town Hall, 6 Central St., 01506

M: 9a-2p; Tu-Th: 9a-3p; F 9a-12p

Brookline

617-730-2010

Fax: 617-730-2043

Town Hall, 333 Washington St., 02445

M-W: 8a-5p; Th: 8a-8p; F: 8a-12:30p

Buckland

413-625-8572

Fax: 413-625-8570

Town Hall, 17 State St., P.O. Box 159, 01338

Tu-F: 9:30a-3p

Burlington

781-270-1660

Fax: 781-238-4692

Town Hall, 29 Center St., 01803

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p; 2nd & 4th Th of month: 8:30a-6:30p (Except July & Aug.)

Town List A

2009-12-08T07:26:00.001-08:00

Abington

781-982-2112

Fax: 781-982-2138

Town Hall, 500 Gliniewicz Way, 02351

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Acton

978-264-9615

Fax: 978-264-9630

Town Hall, 472 Main St., 01720

M-F: 8a-5p

Acushnet

508-998-0215

Fax: 508-998-0216

Town Hall, 122 Main St., 02743

M-F: 8a-4p

Adams

413-743-8320

Fax: 413-743-8316

Town Hall, 8 Park St., 01220

M-F: 8:30a-4p

Agawam

413-786-0400

Fax: 413-786-9927

Town Hall, 36 Main St., 01001

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Alford

413-528-4536

Fax: 413-528-4851

Town Hall, 5 Alford Center Rd., 01230

Th: 4:30p-7:30p

Amesbury

978-388-8100

Fax: 978-388-8150

Town Hall, 62 Friend St., 01913

M-Th: 8a-4p; Th: 5p-8p; F: 8a-12p

Amherst

413-256-4035

Fax: 413-256-2504

Town Hall, 4 Boltwood Ave., 01002

M-F: 8a-4:30p

Andover

978-623-8255

Fax: 978-623-8221

Town Offices, 36 Bartlet St., 01810

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Aquinnah

508-645-2306

Fax: 508-645-2310

Town Hall, 65 State Rd., 02535

By Appointment

Arlington

781-316-3071

Fax: 781-316-3079

Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Ave., 02476

M,Tu,W: 8a-4p; Th: 8a-7p; F: 8a-12p

Ashburnham

978-827-4102

Fax: 978-827-4105

Town Hall, 32 Main St., 01430

M: 8a-7p; T-Th: 8a-4p; F: 8a-1p

Ashby

978-386-2424

Fax: 978-386-2490

Town Hall, 895 Main St., 01431

M,Th: 8a-1:30p; W: 8a-2p, 5p-8p

Ashfield

413-628-4441

Fax: 413-628-4588

Town Hall, 412 Main St., P.O. Box 560, 01330

M: 1p-7p; Tu: 9a-5p; W: 9a-7:30p; Th: 9a-5p; F: 9a-4p

Ashland

508-881-0101

Fax: 508-881-0102

Town Hall, 466 Chestnut St., East Building - Room 104, 01721

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Athol

978-249-4551

Fax: 978-249-2491

Town Hall, 584 Main St., 01331

M,W,Th: 8a-4:30p;Tu: 8a-8p; F: 8a-1p

ATTLEBORO

508-223-2222

Fax: 508-222-3046

City Hall, 77 Park St., 02703

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Auburn

508-832-7701

Fax: 508-832-7702

Town Hall, 104 Central St., 01501

M-F: 8a-4:00p: 2nd, 4th & 5th weeks of each month: Mon: 8a-7p & F: 8a-12:30p

Avon

508-588-0414

Fax: 508-559-0209

Town Hall, 65 East Main St., 02322

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

Ayer

978-772-8215

Fax: 978-772-8222

Town Hall, One Main St., P.O. Box 308, 01432

M-F: 8:30a-4:30p

My Federal Representatives

2009-08-25T07:21:00.000-07:00

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Who Are My Elected Representatives?

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Who Really Elects the President?

2009-08-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

Did you know that the votes you cast in presidential elections are not for candidates but are for a slate of electors pledged to the candidates of your choice? These electors, along with the electors chosen in all the other states, really elect the president and vice president. Collectively referred to as the Electoral College, electors are frequently not listed on the ballot and are almost always unknown to most voters. In other words, America’s voters do not directly elect the two people who hold the highest offices in the land.

Article II, section 1 of the Constitution introduces election by electors:

Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows

Clause 2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The 12th Amendment lays out how the president and vice president are really elected:

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President,…

Why the Electoral College?

The answers to why delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 chose an indirect method for electing the president and vice president lie in the political and social attitudes of the times, as well as the slowness of transportation and communication in the 18th century.

For the most part, delegates to the Constitutional Convention were landowners and businessmen. Some delegates worried about giving direct political power to choose the head of government to those they thought might not be well educated and well informed about important issues.

Delegates also feared that direct elections would cause long delays in electing the president. Months might pass before all the votes from the far-flung towns of the republic would arrive in the nation’s capital.

It was also hoped that the Electoral College system would reconcile the differences between state and federal interests; give less populous states some additional leverage by apportioning electoral votes not in strict proportion to state population; preserve the independence of the presidency from the Congress, and prevent political manipulation of the electoral process.

How does the Electoral College work?

In presidential elections, voters actually cast their ballots for a slate of state electors pledged to a party’s candidates for president and vice president. The Constitution dictates that the number of each state’s electors will be equal to the number of its members of the U.S. House of Representatives plus its two U.S. Senators. With 435 representatives, 100 senators and three electors from the District of Columbia (granted by the 23rd Amendment), there are 538 electors today. A candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes – at least one over half of the total, or 270– to be elected.

The number of each state’s electoral votes can change every 10 years based on the results of the federal Census. The Census determines how the 435 members of the House of Representatives are reapportioned among the states based on population changes. Massachusetts now has 12 electoral votes.

Originally, electors were chosen by state legislatures, by popular vote or by a combination of the two. Today all electors are chosen by popular vote.

Every state but two has a winner-take-all system that awards all of its electoral votes to the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who receive the most votes in the state. For example, in Massachusetts in 2000 Al Gore received over 1.6 million votes while George Bush got almost 900,000. But all of the state’s 12 electoral votes went to Gore.

Maine and Nebraska use a different method. They choose two of their electors by statewide vote and choose one elector in each congressional district.

In some states, both candidates’ and electors’ names appear on the ballot. In others, including Massachusetts, only the candidates’ names appear.

How are electors chosen and what do they do?

Electors are chosen by the parties, in primaries, at conventions, or by a vote of the party’s central committee, often as a reward for faithful party service. In Massachusetts, electors are chosen by meetings of the state parties.

The winning electors meet, usually in their state capitols, on the Monday following the second Wednesday in December after the presidential election. After they are sworn in, each elector casts a separate ballot for president and vice president. On January 6 the sitting vice president, in his capacity as president of the U.S. Senate, opens the votes of the states before both houses of Congress and the votes are tallied. The candidates with the majority of the electoral votes (one over half of the total) for each office are declared president and vice president.

Are electors required to vote for the candidates to whom they are pledged?

The framers, intending that electors would be independent and knowledgeable, did not bind them to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates to whom they were pledged. The majority of states, however, now have laws that bind electors in some way. Massachusetts law requires electors to sign a form pledging they will vote for their party’s candidates.

Electors have broken their pledge on several occasions. One instance was in 1976, when an elector in Washington state, who was pledged to Gerald Ford, voted for Ronald Reagan. The most recent instance was in 2000, when one District of Columbia elector left her ballot blank. “Faithless electors,” as they are called, have never changed the outcome of an election, but it could happen.

What if no one receives a majority of the electoral votes?

The Constitution’s 12th Amendment specifies that if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the three presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. The Senate chooses the vice president from among the top two vice-presidential vote-getters. In both cases, the Amendment says, “the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote;...” The District of Columbia also has one vote. Since the adoption of the 12th Amendment in 1804, the House has chosen the president once, in 1824.

Can a candidate win the popular vote and still lose the election?

A candidate can receive a majority of the popular vote but not win the majority of electoral votes. This is primarily due to the winner-take-all rule that most states apply and how the electoral votes are apportioned among the states.

Four presidents have lost the popular vote but won the presidency: John Quincy Adams in 1824, Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and George W. Bush in 2000.

Should the Electoral College be retained?

Hundreds of proposals to amend the Constitution’s electoral vote process have been submitted over the last 200 years but none has been successful. Proposals have ranged from choosing electors by congressional district to completely abolishing the Electoral College and electing the two leaders of the country by popular vote. There are arguments both for and against any change, but there hasn’t been a major effort in Congress to amend the system since 1979.

Where can I find more information about the Electoral College?

The National Archives has a thorough frequently-asked-questions webpage about the Electoral College at www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/faq.html. The Federal Election Commission’s “The Electoral College,” www.fec.gov/pdf/eleccoll.pdf, covers the history and the functioning of the Electoral College system. Several books are also available.

ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES
AL 9 KY 8 ND 3
AK 3 LA 9 OH 20
AZ 10 ME 4 OK 7
AR 6 MD 10 OR 7
CA 55 MA 12 PA 21
CO 9 MI 17 RI 4
CT 7 MN 10 SC 8
DE 3 MS 6 SD 3
DC 3 MO 11 TN 11
FL 27 MT 3 TX 34
GA 15 NE 5 UT 5
HI 4 NV 4 VT 3
ID 4 NH 4 VA 13
IL 21 NJ 15 WA 11
IN 11 NM 5 WV 5
IA 7 NY 31 WI 10
KS 6 NC 15 WY 3

538 total electoral votes
270 electoral votes needed to win

Your Vote Makes a Difference

2009-08-18T07:33:00.000-07:00

“It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.”
–President Harry S. Truman

Your vote does make a difference – whether in a national, state, or local election. Many races have been decided by very few votes.

In 2000 George W. Bush won Florida’s electoral votes by 537 votes out of 5,963,110 votes cast there, giving him the victory in the presidential election.
In 2008 Al Franken became a U.S. Senator by 312 votes.
John Liming was elected to the Marblehead, MA Board of Selectmen in 2004 by a single vote.
One vote gave Larry Rosenblum a seat on the Plymouth, MA Planning Board in May 2000
A Lansing, Michigan School District bond issue was defeated in 1989 when the final recount produced a tie vote. As a result, the school district had to reduce its budget by $2.5 million.
Campaigning for a seat on the Massachusetts Governor’s Council on the day of the primary election in 1988, Herbert Connolly lost track of time – and got to his polling place too late to vote. The polls had closed just minutes before. When the ballots were counted later that night, he’d lost by one vote.
One vote gave Patty Cafferata the victory in a 1980 primary election for a Nevada Assembly seat. Her winning margin might have been larger if three members of her family had remembered to vote!
In the 1974 New Hampshire Senatorial race, Louis Wyman appeared to be the winner by 355 votes. But after a recount, John Durkin was certified the winner by 10 votes. Another recount made Wyman the winner by two votes. After a year of court battles and controversy, a special election was held; Durkin won.
Marcus Morton was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1839 by one vote out of 102,066 cast.

Important decisions that affect us all have been made because of very few votes.

In 2003 Vice President Dick Cheney, as president of the Senate, cast the deciding vote on a Senate tax-cut package amendment that reduced income taxes on capital gains and corporate dividends.
A tie vote in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1997 defeated a bill to reinstate the death penalty. The tie came about when one representative, who had voted earlier for the death penalty, changed his vote.
Women won the right to vote in 1920 by the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Tennessee was the last state needed to pass the amendment. One 24-year-old representative, Harry Burn, changed his vote, and the Tennessee legislature ratified the amendment by a vote of 49-47.
One vote in the Electoral College elected Rutherford B. Hayes to the presidency in 1876.
One vote in the U.S. Senate saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment conviction in 1868.
Congress voted to admit Texas to the union in 1845 by a two-vote margin.

Voter turnout makes a difference.

In the presidential election of 2004, only 47% of the eligible 18-24 year olds voted.
Voter turnout in 2004 was the highest in a presidential election since 1968.
Massachusetts ranked 22nd in voter turnout in the nation in the 2004 presidential election.
The highest voter turnout in a presidential election between 1924 and 2004 was in 1960.
In 1960, 75% of the voting-age population in Massachusetts voted. In 2004, that number dropped to 59%.

Your vote affects your future and the future of your family, your community, your state and your country.

National security. Taxes. Education. Health care. Jobs. All of these issues, as well as many others, profoundly shape our lives and play a major role in elections. When voting, you’re not only helping to elect a candidate; you’re also making a statement about what issues are most important to you. You’re voting for your own choices and your own future.
Elections have consequences far beyond simply who gets into office. Voting not only selects leaders, but it holds them accountable. Our elected officials will be better able to represent us when we express our values and concerns through voting.
When a large percentage of Americans do not participate in elections, the future of our democracy is threatened. The decisions made by those holding elected office affect us all. Their decisions will have an impact on finding good jobs, how good our schools will be, how much we’ll pay in taxes, whether we can afford adequate health care for ourselves and our families, and how ensuring national security is balanced against protecting our civil liberties. All Americans should have a say in making those decisions, and we have our say by voting.
Voting equals power. To use that power well, we must understand the issues that are important to us and the nation.
Here’s how to become an active and informed voter who understands the issues at stake in an election.

Find out about voter registration, absentee voting, procedures at the polls and where your polling place is located.

Before you can vote, you must be registered. And then you must get to the polls. Information about voting and elections is easily available on the Internet. The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization, has an extensive, detailed and easy-to-use website about voting in Massachusetts at http://www.votinginfo.info/.
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth’s election website is at www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleidx.htm.
For information by phone, call the League of Women Voters’ Voter Information Phone at 800-882-1649 or call the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Citizen Information Line at 800-462-VOTE (8683).
You can also call your town clerk or city elections office. Their phone numbers are in the white pages of your phone book under the name of your town or city. Look for “Town/City Hall,” “Clerk,” or “Elections Department.” The phone numbers and addresses for all town and city halls in Massachusetts are online at www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleclk/clkidx.htm.
You can also email your questions about voting to the League at lwvma@lwvma.org.

Find out who’s on the ballot.

To find information about candidates on the ballot in Massachusetts, go to www.votinginfo.info, the League of Women Voters’ election and voting website.
You can find election information specific to your community at the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s website http://www.wheredoivotema.com/.

Learn about campaign contributions.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has a website that offers information about campaign financing at www.fec.gov/finance_reports.html. You can call the commission at 800-424-9530 or write to 999 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20463.
The FEC, created in 1975, is an independent regulatory agency whose duties include disclosing campaign finance information, enforcing the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and overseeing the public funding of presidential elections.
The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research group, tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. You can find out where candidates’ campaign contributions come from and who is contributing to which campaigns on its website, http://www.opensecrets.org/. Its phone number is 202-857-0044, and its mailing address is 1101 14th St., NW, Suite 1030, Washington, DC 20005-5635.
In Massachusetts the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, an independent state agency, administers the Massachusetts campaign finance law. Its website, www.mass.gov/ocpf, provides information on finance reports, guides, forms and legal guidance. You can also contact this agency at 800-462-OCPF (6373) or at John W. McCormack Building, One Ashburton Place, Room 411, Boston, MA 02108.

Get involved in a campaign.

You can find contact information for candidates and political parties in Massachusetts on the League’s website, www.votinginfo.info, by calling the League’s Voter Information Phone at 800-882-1649, or on the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s website, www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepar/paridx.htm, or by calling the Secretary’s office at 800-462-VOTE (8683).
Many candidates have their own websites, which give information about how to donate money or volunteer in the campaign. Volunteers hold signs, call potential voters, process mailings, raise money, help with logistical arrangements and more.

Voting in Special Circumstances

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May people subject to a guardianship vote?

In Massachusetts, citizens under legal guardianship retain their rights to register and to vote unless the guardianship under which they are placed expressly and specifically revokes such rights.

How do overseas citizens and military personnel vote?

Massachusetts citizens who are covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) have special rules for registration and voting. To see if you are covered under UOCAVA, click here.

Under Massachusetts election law, citizens who fall under the UOCAVA guidelines do not have to register to vote and may vote in all elections by absentee ballot.

The easiest way to request an absentee ballot is through filling out the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), available here, and returning it to your local election office. (To find the address of your election office, click here and enter your home address in Massachusetts. If you no longer have a Massachusetts address, enter in your most recent Massachusetts address. The contact information for your local election office is under the heading “Your Town Clerk.”) To be eligible to vote absentee, your election office must receive your completed FPCA no later than noon the day before an election.

On the FPCA, you will see a section to indicate for which elections you wish to receive absentee ballots. If you do not fill out this section, you will automatically receive absentee ballots for all elections that will within the next two federal election cycles. When this time has passed, you must fill out a new FPCA to continue receiving absentee ballots.

Absentee ballots are mailed out 3 to 4 weeks before an election. If you reside within or are stationed within the United States, your completed absentee ballot must arrive at your local election office by the close of polls (usually 8:00 p.m. in Massachusetts) on Election Day for all elections.

The rules are slightly different for UOCAVA citizens who reside outside of or are stationed outside of the United States. For local or primary elections, your completed absentee ballot must arrive at your local election office by the close of polls (usually 8:00 p.m. in Massachusetts) on Election Day. For general Federal elections, your completed absentee ballot must be postmarked by Election Day, and must arrive at your local election office within 10 days of Election Day.

For detailed instructions on how to fill out the FPCA, and for other information related to UOCAVA voting in Massachusetts, click here. To view the UOCAVA law in its entirety, click here.

What if I don’t want my address to be made public?

In Massachusetts, voting lists are considered public information. Registered individuals’ names and addresses appear on voting rolls.

However, there are two separate programs established under Massachusetts law for individuals who wish to vote, but do not want their names and addresses to appear on voter lists. These protections enable survivors of domestic violence, stalking and abuse to register and vote while keeping certain information confidential.

Confidential Voter Registration

One of these programs is called Confidential Voter Registration. If you are a confidential voter, your name and address do not appear on voting rolls and cannot be disclosed to any person.

Confidential voters are assigned a number, which appears on a certificate mailed to them. This same number will also appear in place of a name and address on the voter list. On Election Day, confidential voters present the mailed certificate, with their confidential voter number, to be matched with the number appearing on the voter list. No further identification is required.

Confidential voters may also vote absentee, if legally eligible to do so. This is done by using the confidential voter number in lieu of a name and address on the absentee ballot. Absentee confidential voters fill out the ballot and mail it, along with the certificate bearing their confidential voter number, to the registrar’s office.

To qualify as a confidential voter, you must provide one of the following to your local election office:
a certified copy of a court order granting protection;
a letter affirming your residence in a protective shelter, signed by the director of that shelter; or,
an affidavit from the chief of police stating that you are entitled to confidential voter status.

If you have further questions about Confidential Voter Registration, call the Elections Division at 617-727-2828 or 1-800-462-VOTE.

Address Confidentiality Program

Another program designed to protect the privacy of qualified individuals is the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP). While Confidential Voter Registration is designed specifically to enable individuals to vote, ACP is a much broader program and is not designed specifically to enable voting.

ACP participants receive a substitute address which can be used as a legal address for all interactions with government agencies. ACP participants use this substitute address as their legal address, and then ACP staff members retrieve the participant’s mail and forward it to the participant’s actual location.

To qualify for the ACP program, you must have moved recently and you must be able to show that disclosure of your address threatens your safety or the safety of your children. You must also complete an ACP application with the help of an application assistant.

If you have further questions about ACP, or would like to locate an application assistant, click here, or call 617-727-3261 or 1-866-SAFE-ADD.

Volunteer on Election day

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Why Volunteer as a Poll Worker?

Take a break from work or school to learn how elections are run and help voters exercise their right to vote.
Use your technical skills to help voters operate new voting machines.
Use your language skills to help voters whose first language is not English.
Encourage and inspire your peers to vote.
Ensure that elections are fair and accurate.
Protect voters’ rights by ensuring that everyone who wants to vote can and that every ballot is counted.
The U.S. was 600,000 poll workers short of the number needed to run a smooth election in November, 2004!
The average age of poll workers nationwide currently is 72!

Who can volunteer?

All registered voters may apply to be poll workers in any city or town. Also, cities and towns may hire up to two 16 & 17 year olds as poll workers for each polling place.
No previous training or knowledge is required. Many municipalities offer training sessions.
Some precincts need poll workers who can also serve as translators.

What are my responsibilities?

Attend training sessions, when offered, with local election officials before Election Day. Then show up for volunteer work!
Shifts vary among communities. Some cities and towns require that poll workers work the entire time polls are open; others have split shifts.
Prepare the precinct by setting up voting equipment and organizing materials.
Provide voters with appropriate ballots.
Assist voters in completing their ballots if requested.
Serve as a translator, working before Election Day at the election office or at the polls on Election Day.
Direct voters to their correct polling place if they are at the wrong precinct.
Close the precinct and prepare election materials and reports as necessary.
In many communities poll workers get paid.

How do I sign up?

Each city and town has a different process for recruiting poll workers. Call your city or town clerk to find out how to become a poll worker in your community.
Click the appropriate letter to find information for your city or town. A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y

Coming to the Polls

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You have to provide identification at the polls if your driver’s license number or the last four digits of your social security number on the voter registration form cannot be verified, and you did not provide identification at the time of your registration.

Acceptable identification is a copy of any of the following:

current and valid photo identification,
government check or official document showing name and address,
current utility bill showing name and address, or
paycheck or stub showing name and address.

If you do not provide acceptable identification, you will cast a provisional ballot.

You may bring papers into the voting booth with you. These could be a list of who you will vote for and information about candidates. Be sure to remove these materials when you leave.

Should you require assistance, you may ask someone to accompany you into the booth. That could be any friend or relative, but not your employer or a representative of such nor a union officer or representative of such. Up to two poll workers of two different parties can help you.

Checking In on Election Day

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An election worker will ask for your address including street number and first and last names. Once you are located on the voting list, the election worker will mark your name, hand you a ballot (there is an optional privacy sleeve which you may get with the ballot) and direct you toward the voting booth.

If your name is not on the voters’ list, ask a poll worker to call the registrar of voters in your community. If the problem can be resolved over the phone, the poll worker will fill out the appropriate paperwork and you will be able to vote then and there.

If this is not successful, go to the registrar of voters office (usually town or city hall). If the registrar can confirm that you are registered, you will receive a certificate stating this. You can then present the certificate at the town or city clerk’s office and vote absentee there or return to your polling place, present the certificate and vote. Your vote will be counted whether you vote absentee or at the polls.

If your registration cannot be verified, you may vote by provisional ballot.

Voting by Provisional Ballot

You will be asked to sign a roster and provide your name, address, signature, date of birth, and political party affiliation if applicable. You will be asked to show suitable identification showing your name and current address. If you do not provide suitable identification, your provisional ballot may not be counted. You have until the close of the polls on Election Day to bring suitable identification. Sufficient identification, which must show your name and address, includes a copy of a current and valid photo identification, current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document.

You must fill out a provisional ballot affirmation declaring that you are a registered voter in the city or town and reside within the precinct. Once you have completed the affidavit, a poll worker will put a number on your provisional ballot envelope and on the roster, mark the ballot with the word “provisional” and hand you the ballot with the provisional ballot envelope. You will cast your vote on this ballot, seal it in the envelope, and hand it back to a poll worker. You will receive an information sheet telling you how you can find out if your ballot was counted.

A provisional ballot will be counted if your voter eligibility is verified. To find out if your provisional ballot was counted, call the Secretary of the Commonwealth Elections Division at 1-800-462-8683 or 1- 617-727-2828 or ask your local municipal election official. The information will be available seven days after a primary election and 20 days after a general election.