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BOSTON - Monday,
August 30, 2021 - The City of Boston’s Election Department today announced
its preparations ahead of the 2021 Municipal Elections, including the
availability of vote by mail and early voting for both the Tuesday,
September 14, 2021 Preliminary Municipal Election and the Tuesday, November
2, 2021 Municipal Election. The City of Boston has also installed 20 ballot
drop boxes across the city for voters to drop off completed vote by mail
ballots.
Applications for
vote by mail ballots have been mailed out to every registered voter in
Boston. Voters are asked to fill out the application, including their
signature, as applications received without a signature will not be
accepted. To be eligible to vote by mail in the Preliminary Municipal
Election, applications must be returned to the Boston Election Department
by Wednesday, September 8, at 5 p.m.
Vote by mail
applications can be returned by U.S. mail with the prepaid postcard or
in-person at the Boston Election Department, City Hall, Room 241.
If a registered
Boston voter did not receive or lost their application, they can request a
new ballot application by completing the form available on the City’s vote-by-mail website. The form can be sent to the City of
Boston's Election Department, via mail, email, fax, or in-person. The
Boston Election Department is located at
Boston City
Hall
City Hall Square,
Room 241
Boston, MA
02201
Fax: 617-635-4483,
Tel: 617-635-VOTE (8683)
Email: absenteevoter@boston.gov
Vote By Mail
The Election
Department will send out vote by mail ballots as soon as the application
requests are processed. Once a voter receives their ballot package, they
should follow the enclosed instructions. It is important to sign the yellow
ballot affidavit envelope. Unsigned ballot affidavit envelopes will cause a
ballot to be rejected. To return ballots by U.S. mail, make sure to apply
sufficient postage. While ballot package weight can vary, two First Class
stamps is generally sufficient.
To be counted,
ballots must be received by the Boston Election Department or in a ballot
drop box by the close of polls on Election Day, Tuesday, September 14, 2021
at 8 p.m.
Tracking Your
Ballot
Boston voters can
track their ballot request through the state's website. We will continue to mail ballots as applications arrive, until
the application deadline of 5 p.m. Wednesday, September 8, 2021.
Ballot Drop Boxes
The Boston Election
Department has placed 20 ballot drop boxes around the City, including at
both the first and third floor entrances of Boston City Hall. All drop
boxes are monitored under 24 hour video surveillance. Drop boxes will also
be available at each early voting location during the scheduled voting hours. To find
a location of a ballot drop box, visit here.
In- Person Early
Voting
Voters registered in
Boston can vote during the early voting period from Saturday, September 4
through Friday, September 10, 2021, at any of the early voting sites. Hours
and locations for early voting can be found here.
All early voting
sites are equipped with electronic poll books for voter check in. Early
voting locations are well staffed with poll workers and language
interpreters, and fully accessible to voters with disabilities.
Voting on Election
Day
Polling locations
for the Boston Preliminary Municipal Election will be open from 7:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Ballots will be available in
English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese. Language assistance will be
available on Election Day by translators at polling locations or by
contacting the Election Department’s translation phone bank. Those
interested in volunteering can apply to be a poll worker here.
On the Ballot
The September 14,
2021 Preliminary Municipal Election includes eight candidates for the
Office of Mayor, 17 candidates for Office of City Councilor at-Large and
the following City Council Districts: District 4, District 6, District 7,
District 9. The remaining districts are not required to have a preliminary
election as there are already only one or two candidates running.
For more information
on how to participate in this year's elections, please visit boston.gov/election.
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