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Voting Information
The Town Clerk’s office oversees voting for Town Meeting, local elections and all state and national elections. Online voter registration is now available!
Go online to check your current registration status and/or to register to vote!
Any Massachusetts citizen who has a valid identification card issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles will be able to use the online system to apply to register to vote, update their address or change their party enrollment. Massachusetts citizens who do not have identification issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles can still complete an application online which they can print, sign and mail or hand deliver to the Town Clerk's office.
Residents can register to vote in several ways:
All residents who wish to vote at Town Meeting and at Town Elections must be a registered voter. Town Meeting is scheduled yearly the first Monday in April. The local election follows on the third Tuesday in May. Both take place at Manchester Memorial Elementary School Gymnasium, 43 Lincoln Street.
The last day to register to vote is 20 days before an upcoming election. If you are unsure if you are currently registered, please either call the Clerk's office and we will be happy to help you or go online and check your status. MA state requires every household to respond to the annual census. If you do not respond, every voter in your household may be inactivated as a voter! All elections take place at Manchester Memorial Elementary School Gymnasium, 43 Lincoln Street.
Click here to learn about Manchester's upcoming Town Meetings and Elections.
Go online to check your current registration status and/or to register to vote!
Any Massachusetts citizen who has a valid identification card issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles will be able to use the online system to apply to register to vote, update their address or change their party enrollment. Massachusetts citizens who do not have identification issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles can still complete an application online which they can print, sign and mail or hand deliver to the Town Clerk's office.
Registration Methods
Residents can register to vote in several ways:
- Online
- At the Registry of Motor Vehicles
- In person at the Town Clerk's office
- Download and complete the form from the above website, then mail or deliver to the Town Clerk’s office.
The Town Clerk must certify all registrations regardless of whether they are received electronically or in paper format.
VOTE BY MAIL APPLICATION 2021
FOR A PRIMARY, PLEASE BE SURE TO INDICATE WHETHER YOU ARE REQUESTING A DEMOCRATIC OR A REPUBLICAN BALLOT. IF UNENROLLED, WE MUST KNOW WHICH BALLOT TO SEND.
VOTE BY MAIL APPLICATION 2021
FOR A PRIMARY, PLEASE BE SURE TO INDICATE WHETHER YOU ARE REQUESTING A DEMOCRATIC OR A REPUBLICAN BALLOT. IF UNENROLLED, WE MUST KNOW WHICH BALLOT TO SEND.
Absentee Voting and Other Information
The Secretary of the Commonwealth has a comprehensive website where you can find answers to questions you may have regarding voter registration, absentee voting, address change, voter ID laws, etc. Click here for more information.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth has a comprehensive website where you can find answers to questions you may have regarding voter registration, absentee voting, address change, voter ID laws, etc. Click here for more information.
Town Meeting & Local Elections
All residents who wish to vote at Town Meeting and at Town Elections must be a registered voter. Town Meeting is scheduled yearly the first Monday in April. The local election follows on the third Tuesday in May. Both take place at Manchester Memorial Elementary School Gymnasium, 43 Lincoln Street.
State & National Elections
The last day to register to vote is 20 days before an upcoming election. If you are unsure if you are currently registered, please either call the Clerk's office and we will be happy to help you or go online and check your status. MA state requires every household to respond to the annual census. If you do not respond, every voter in your household may be inactivated as a voter! All elections take place at Manchester Memorial Elementary School Gymnasium, 43 Lincoln Street.
Click here to learn about Manchester's upcoming Town Meetings and Elections.