How to register to vote

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Want to register to vote in an upcoming election? There are three ways to practice it.

Yous must exist a United States citizen and a resident of Massachusetts to vote. You take to be 18 on or before Election Day.

If you're eighteen later the deadline but before Ballot Mean solar day, you can register to vote. You lot still demand to register by the deadline though.

Y'all must register 20 days before all primaries and general elections. The borderline likewise applies to when you lot change your address or political political party.

If you moved inside Boston — or moved to the City from another part of the country — you'll have to re-register with your new address. In that location'due south no residency waiting catamenia in Massachusetts. You tin register equally shortly as you move to your new address.

Not certain if you lot're already registered to vote in Massachusetts? Check your voter registration condition.

The country online system is the easiest manner to annals. You can register to vote, brand changes to your contact information, and change your political party status.

Visit the state's Voter Registration website. You'll need:

  • a valid driver's license, learner's let, or State ID, and
  • a signature on file with the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

If you lot don't take an ID, you can fill up out the course online and mail it.

If you lot have questions about the website, contact the land Elections Division at 617-727-2828.

Y'all must be a United States citizen and a resident of Massachusetts to vote. Y'all accept to exist 18 on or before Ballot Day.

If you're eighteen after the borderline just before Election Twenty-four hour period, you tin register to vote. You even so need to register by the deadline though.

You must register 20 days earlier all primaries and general elections. The deadline also applies to when you lot change your address or political party.

If you moved inside Boston — or moved to the City from another part of the state — you'll accept to re-register with your new accost. At that place's no residency waiting menstruum in Massachusetts. You can register every bit shortly every bit you motion to your new address.

Not sure if you're already registered to vote in Massachusetts? Check your voter registration status.

You must be a United states citizen and a resident of Massachusetts to vote. Yous have to be 18 on or before Ballot Day.

If you lot're xviii after the deadline but before Election Twenty-four hour period, you can register to vote. Yous withal need to annals by the borderline though.

You must register twenty days before all primaries and full general elections. The deadline also applies to when you lot change your address or political party.

If yous moved within Boston — or moved to the City from some other function of the country — you'll have to re-annals with your new address. There's no residency waiting period in Massachusetts. Y'all can register as presently as you move to your new address.

Not sure if you lot're already registered to vote in Massachusetts? Bank check your voter registration status.

Bring your completed registration to Boston Metropolis Hall:

Election Department
1 City Hall Square, Room 241
Boston, MA 02201
Part hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.grand.

Where to vote

Y'all accept to vote at the identify adamant by your address. Afterward you register, yous'll become a notice with the address for where you lot'll go to vote. You tincheck your voting location online. One thousandake sure you are registered to vote at the accost you are looking upwards. Delight recall your ward and precinct number. Some voting locations have more than one precinct.

Related voting information

Absentee ballots

If you're going to be out of town, you tin can use for an Absentee Ballot. Please notation: You have until 12 p.m. the Monday before the election to vote in person. Any absentee asking past mail must be received past 5 p.m. the Wednesday before the election.

Register as an independent

The state doesn't use the term "Contained." Just bank check the box for "no party" (unenrolled) instead. You can still vote in the primaries if you're unenrolled, y'all just have to declare a party when you check-in on primary day. Later on the primary, you'll switch back to No Political party for future elections.

Political Designations

They're created when 50 or more registered voters request a change of designation with the Secretary of the Republic. Designations are usually based on a sure cause or conventionalities. You lot tin search the Massachusetts Directory of Political Parties and Designations.

Recognized political parties

The state recognizes 2 parties: Democrat and Republican.