This shares my conversation with acting Town Clerk Nancy Danello. We used a conference bridge to review the timeline and other key matters for the Franklin local election scheduled for Nov 2, 2021.
We cover the following key topics
- Candidate papers due Sep 14, Last day to withdraw Sep 30
- Ballots got to print Oct 1, Ballots available (TBD but likely by the end of the week of Oct 4)
- Early voting - (start TBD - depending upon ballots)
- in Town Clerk’s office during normal business hours
- Sat Oct 23, Sun Oct 24 - time to be confirmed
- Absentee ballot applications available now
- Election Day - Nov 2, 2021
The show notes include links to the Town Clerk page and other election information.
Our conversation runs about 19 minutes, so let’s listen in to my conversation with Nancy Danello.
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Town Clerk’s page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/town-clerk
Register to vote -> https://www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/
Election timeline -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/2021_biennial_town_election_-_important_dates.docx.pdf
Franklin Matter’s election collection for 2021 -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/07/franklin-election-collection-2021.html
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