Special Town Election - Select Board (7 months, remainder of term)

PUBLIC NOTICE - TOWN OF MASHPEE  

Special Election Warrant - Tuesday, October 4, 2022 -  7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Quashnet School

SS BARNSTABLE:

To the Constable of the Town of Mashpee

Greetings:

In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town

who are qualified to vote in the Election to be held on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at the Quashnet School,

150 Old Barnstable Road, from 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

SELECT BOARD for 7 months (remainder of term), Vote for One

Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said voting.

Given under our hands this 3rd day of August, 2022.

John J. Cotton, Chair

David W. Weeden, Vice-Chair                                                                                                                        

Thomas F. O'Hara Clerk

Carol A. Sherman

Mashpee Board of Selectmen

Please direct your questions to the Town Clerk's Office at (508) 539-1418

As soon as the Specimen Ballot is available it will be posted on the Town Clerk's page.

Voting Procedures:

If a person wanted to vote using an absentee ballot, they must request a ballot with the town clerk’s office prior to the election.

They could request a ballot by going either to the town clerk’s office in town hall or online at the Town of Mashpee website.

The Town Clerk's Office will then mail the ballots to those who request one mailed to their houses. Once a Mashpee resident fills out their ballot, they have several options to return it to be counted in the vote.They could hand-deliver it to the clerk’s office in town hall, mail it into the office, drop it off in a secure box outside town hall, fax a scan of the ballot to the clerk at 508-539-1142, or email Ms. Kaye a scan of the ballot directly at ddami@mashpeema.gov.

Those using a mail-in method both to request the ballot and to send it back in should allow plenty of time, as the US Postal Service is experiencing staff shortages.

Though early voting is not allowed for local elections, a person could also vote “absentee” prior to October 4 by going to the clerk’s office in town hall, filling out an absentee ballot then and there, and returning it to the Town Clerk's Office without ever leaving the building.

Ms. Kaye pointed out that absentee ballots still need a “wet signature,” regardless of how they are returned to the clerk’s office. A computer-generated signature will not be accepted.