NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH ELECTION COMMISSION

There are currently over 3,500 inactive voters in North Attleboro. Please check your voter status with the Elections office before August 25th.

The last day to register to vote or make party changes for the September 14, 2010 state primary is Wednesday, August 25th, and the elections office will be open until 8PM that evening.

Election Commissioners

Summary of Responsibilities:

The North Attleborough Elections Office is responsible for conducting all federal, state and local elections, registering voters, providing candidates with campaign finance information, conducting an annual town census, certifying nomination papers and initiative petitions and maintaining the census and voter information on the VRIS  (Voter Registration and Information System) software program. We also are responsible to have a Resident's Listed Book printed annually and to have available voter lists in either hard copy or electronic format.

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH POLLING LOCATIONS

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VOTING IN NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH

You must be registered to vote at least 20 days prior to an election in order to vote in that election. You can register to vote:

1. In person at the Elections Office at the North Attleborough Town Hall
2. By Mail - Call the Elections Office to receive a form in the mail (508-699-0106)
3. At the Registry of Motor Vehicles when you renew your driver's license

Qualifications for Registering to Vote:

1. A citizen of the United States
2. A legal resident of North Attleborough
3. 18 years on or before election day

If your name appears on the INACTIVE Voting List on election day, you must show identification (preferably a picture ID) at the polls with your current address and you must complete an "Affirmation of Current and Continuous Residence" form. You will then be allowed to vote. A person will be on the INACTIVE Voting List if he or she has not filled out an Annual Census Form, has not voted in the past two State Elections and has not signed a Nomination Paper or Petition.

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ABSENTEE VOTING

• An Absentee Ballot can be obtained and completed at the Elections Office during regular office hours prior to the election if you will be unable to go to the Polls on election day. The last day and time to vote an Absentee Ballot at the Elections Office is always noontime the day before the election.
  
  
• Absentee Ballots can be obtained through the mail by:
  1. Send a written request by mail to the Elections Office. Please include in your request your North Attleborough address, the address where you would like the ballot sent and the election(s) for which you require absentee ballots. If the request is for a primary election, the request must include the particular party ballot you wish to receive if you are registered as "Unenrolled". If you are registered in a particular party, you may only receive that party ballot. Please also include your signature.
     
     
  2. Call the office and we will mail you an Absentee Ballot Application that you can fill out and either mail or carry back to the office.
     
     
  3. You may also download the Absentee Ballot Application form or Absentee Ballot Application by a Family Member and mail or bring it to:
     North Attleborough Elections Office
     Town Hall
     43 South Washington Street
     North Attleborough, MA 02760
     

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PARTY ENROLLMENT

There are presently three political parties in Massachusetts:

1. Democratic Party                     3. Libertarian   
2. Republican Party                     

If you enroll in any of these parties, you may vote only  in that party's primary.

Enrollment in a political party does not affect your right to vote in the general elections. In the general election, all voters receive the same ballot and vote for the candidate of their choice regardless of party affiliation.

If you do not wish to enroll in a party, check the box beside "no party" or "unenrolled" on the registration form. If you choose the "unenrolled" status, you may choose any party ballot at the state and presidential primaries.

In addition to the three political parties listed above, there are a number of "political designations" which are listed below. If you enroll in a political designation, you may NOT vote in any state or presidential primary. The political designations are:

1. Conservative Party
2. Natural Law Party
3. New World Council
4. Reform Party
5. Rainbow Coalition
6. Green Party USA
7. We the People
8. Green Rainbow
9. Constitution Party
10. Timesizing Not Downsizing
11. New Alliance Party
12. Prohibition Party
13. American Independent Party
14. Socialist
15. Interdependent 3rd Party
16. America First Party
17. Veterans Party America
18. World Citizens Party
    
    You may change your enrollment status by notifying the Elections Office in writing or download the "Change of Party" form (53kb PDF) and mail it to the office. By law, you must sign your name to this change of enrollment status.

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CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS

Candidates and committees in town elections file as many as four campaign finance reports in an election period: one eight days prior to the Preliminary Election, a second eight days prior to the Town Election and a third due on or before thirty days after the election. The fourth is the Year-End report which must be filed every year so long as a committee is in existence, or a candidate maintains a campaign fund, has outstanding debts, or is an incumbent elected official. Schedule E (Disclosure of Assets) must also be filed at this time in order for the report to be considered complete. The reports are filed at the Elections Office.

Campaign Finance Report CPF M 102 must include all money raised since the last report, total expenditures for the period, in-kind contributions and all outstanding liabilities.

The filing requirements apply to all candidates. Even those who do not raise or spend any money must sign a form. (M102-0 form)

Campaign Finance Report forms are available at the Elections Office.

Record Keeping and Reporting Software is available from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance free of charge. For further information, contact OCPF at 800-462-OCPF.

Financial disclosure filings are kept at the Elections Office in the Town Hall and are open to public review. Campaign Finance Reporting over $1000 for Calendar Year 2010

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SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH ELECTIONS OFFICE

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SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTIONS DIVISION

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