Turning 18 Before the Election?

Citizens who will turn 18 on or before the Tuesday, Nov. 5 presidential election can pre-register to vote now so that they will be automatically registered and eligible to vote when they turn 18.

Many teens have been automatically pre-registered to vote when they applied for a learner’s permit or driver’s license at the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Teens who are not getting a driver’s license can pre-register to vote by downloading a registration form and returning it to the Town Clerk’s office, 322 Concord Rd., Sudbury.

Teens—and everyone else—can check their current voter registration status and, if necessary, register to vote at www.VoteinMA.com.  Saturday, Oct. 26 is the voter registration deadline for the Nov. 5 presidential election; register online before midnight or at the Town Clerk’s office by 5 p.m.

For voters who have requested a mail ballot, the Town Clerk expects to receive ballots from the state around Oct. 7 and then will begin mailing ballots to voters.

The Sudbury League of Women Voters will record a candidates’ forum for the contested race for Sudbury’s State Representative between incumbent Carmine Gentile and Virginia Gardner in early October.  District residents are urged to submit questions for that forum to sudburycandidatesnight@gmail.com or LWV Sudbury, P. O. Box 338, Sudbury, MA 01776.  The deadline for questions is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2. 

Answers to frequently-asked questions about voting are here.