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FRAMINGHAM – Tuesday, September 6 is election day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
It is a primary election. Those enrolled in the Democratic and Republican parties will receive their party’s ballot. Unenrolled voters – those with no political affiliation – can choose a party ballot. By choosing a ballot, it does not enroll you in a political party.
A primary election allows registered voters to select candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties on Tuesday to put forth on the November 2022 ballot.
Voters will choose candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, and auditor state wide.
Locally, registered voters will see names on the ballot for Congress, state senate, state representative, district attorney, and sheriff.
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Many of the local races are unopposed with just one candidate on the ballot, but there is a heated 6th Middlesex District state representative race in parts of Framingham.
There are 3 Democrats on the ballot for that seat and no Republican names on the ballot for that seat for the September 6 ballot, which means barring a write-in candidacy, whomever wins on September 6 will be the new state repsentative for Framingham residents in Precincts 1-2-3-4-56-7-8-10-11-12-13-14-15-16, and a part of Precinct 9.
One of the 3 Democrats, Dhruba Sen announced he was pausing his campaign on August 22.
On the Democratic ballot is Sen, School Committee Chair Priscila Sousa and former City Councilor Margareth Shepard. (Click on each name to read a Q&A with the candidate SOURCE conducted in August)
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As of August 27, there were 40,948 registered voters in the City of Framingham, said City Clerk Lisa Ferguson.
Registered voters could vote early (in-person) at the Memorial Building last week – about 200 voters did.
Mail-in voting however was far more popular than early voting in the City of Framingham.
Through August 31, the City Clerk’s office in Framingham mailed out 8,106 ballots.
As of August 31, 4,291 have been returned, said Ferguson.
That means about 10.5% of registered voters participated already by mail.
“We are asking that voters return their ballots as soon as possible to the City Clerk’s Office or one of the drop boxes located in the City. In order for the ballot to be counted, it has to be returned by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2022,” said Ferguson.
Drop boxes are at the Memorial Building and at the Christa McAuliffe Library branch on Water Street.
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Due to the 2020 Census, Framingham will have 4 state representatives come 2023.
The other 3 state representative seats are uncontested on the primary ballots.
That means that many voters in the City of Framingham have a new Precinct number, and some will be voting at a new location on September 6, if they chose to vote in person.
Ferguson said there will be “greeters at the polling locations to point the voters to their precincts/polling location.”
She said “voters may call the City Clerk’s Office at any time to check their party enrollment, precinct number and polling location. They may also go to the Secretary of State’s website to find this information and view their ballot: My Voter Registration Status: Search (state.ma.us)“
Polls will be open on Tuesday, September 6 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for those registered, who wish to vote in person.
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