BOSTON - Thursday, May 25, 2023 -The City
of Boston’s Election Department is reminding voters in the 9th and 10th
Suffolk State Representative Districts that the upcoming Special State
Elections to fill the vacancies following the resignations of Representatives
Edward F. Coppinger and Jon Santiago will take place on Tuesday, May 30,
2023. Polling locations open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Only 39 of
Boston’s 275 precincts will participate in this election. A full list of
polling locations can be found here. Vote-by-mail Voters who requested a vote by mail ballot
are encouraged to return their ballots early to ensure that they are
counted. Ballots may be returned using one of eight drop-box
locations in the City;
in-person at the Boston Election Department located at City Hall Room 241;
or via U.S. Mail. All drop boxes will remain open until 8:00 p.m. on
Election Day. Voters are asked to please use the postage paid return
envelope included with the ballot package. Ballots must reach the Boston
Election Department or a ballot drop box by 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May,30th
to be counted. Ballots cannot be delivered
to a polling location on Election Day. Voters can track the status of requests for
vote-by-mail ballots here. If there is no movement indicated in the
“Track My Ballot” system, voters should plan to vote in-person on Election
Day. Voting on Election Day As a reminder, voters should check their
registration status via the Secretary of
the Commonwealth’s website. Boston’s ballots are available in English and Spanish
across all precincts within the 9th and 10th State Representative districts
and in Chinese and Vietnamese if required. All voting locations are ADA
accessible and are equipped with AutoMark Voting Terminals for voters with
visual or hearing impairment. Polling Location Change Voters in Ward 20 Precincts 6, 7 and 19 will
return to their previous voting location at Holy Name Parish Hall, 535 West
Roxbury Parkway. The voter entrance is located off Centre Street and
Greaton Road and voting will take place in the gymnasium. Voters in Ward 20 Precinct 20 will continue
to vote at the BCYF Roche Community Center gymnasium, 1716 Centre St. Unofficial Results After polls close at 8:00 p.m., the
Election Department will receive and upload unofficial results of ballots
counted at polling places as they are returned from each precinct. Media Guidelines Where to Stand Members of the press must remain behind the
guardrail. While many polling places are not equipped with a physical
guardrail, the area within the “guardrail” encompasses the check-in table,
the voting booths, and the ballot box. Only poll workers and voters should
be within this area. Interacting with Voters and Poll Workers Members of the press, like all other
observers in the polling place, may not interact with voters while they are
in the polling place. Further, observers who have questions about where
they should stand and what they are allowed to do while observing should
ask to speak to the warden. The warden may provide members of the press
with information regarding their rights as observers. Photography Photography of the voting process in the
polling place is permitted, though marked ballots may not be photographed.
Photographers are allowed inside the polling place to photograph the area
from outside the guardrail. The warden may instruct the photographer not to
take photos of any marked ballots. Video & Audio Recording As with photography of the polling place,
video recording of the polling place is allowed. Audio recording of the
polling place is not permitted under state law. Anyone recording in the
polling place must have the ability to record without capturing audio and
should be instructed to do so by the warden. Those who are using electronic
equipment may not use the electricity in the polling place to power their
equipment. Exit Polling Exit polling and interviews of voters are
permitted outside the polling place, even within 150 feet of the entrance
to the polling place, but only those voters who are leaving the polling
place should be stopped. Voter access to the polling place should not be
impeded in any way. | 
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