Photo: Belmont Town Clerk Ellen Cushman announcing Town Election results. In the biggest – and far reaching – decision of the 2021 Belmont Town Election, voters defeated a Proposition 2 1/2 override by approximately 1,000 votes, 4,539 to 3,526; a repudiation of the three year $6.4 million fiscal package targeted to fill the growing structural […]
Photo: Voting will take place at elementary school locations in Belmont Belmont Town Clerk Ellen Cushman thought she had everything planned to manage the upcoming Town Election on Tuesday, April 6 as well as one can during a pandemic. Cushman had her volunteers at the ready, enough PPE’s (personal protective equipment) on supply, and eight […]
Photo: A sample of the ‘Vote By Mail’ Planning to vote in the State Primary Sept. 1 or the Presidential Election Nov. 3? This is certainly a different election season and different behavior will help to keep us all safe and guarantee your ballot gets counted on Election Day. The Massachusetts Legislature voted new entitlements in the […]
Photo: Absentee ballot It is now less than a month before Belmont voters head to the polls – or a post office – to cast their ballots in the annual Town Election. The Select Board voted to postpone the local election from April 7 to Tuesday, June 23 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And due to safety […]
Photo: Virtual Town Meeting are running full steam ahead to run a remote-access annual Town Meeting on June 16 with only nine articles that must be taken up. In her last communication to Town Meeting Members, Town Clerk Ellen Cushman said Belmont and five other towns had put forth a request for Special Legislation to […]
Photo: Belmont voters will have the opportunity to vote by mail in the upcoming Town Election on Tuesday, June 23. But you’ll need to request in writing a mail-in ballot from the Town Clerk’s Office in order to cast a ballot. Belmont Town Clerk Ellen Cushman has issued the hows and whens of voting in […]
Photo: One week of early voting in Belmont. Belmont voters are now able to cast ballots early for the presidential primary election ahead of Super Tuesday, March 3. With voter turnout expected to be high due to the large number of candidates seeking to challenge President Trump in the general election in November, Massachusetts Secretary […]
Photo: Mike Widmer would be seeking his 13th term as Town Moderator. The 2020 Belmont Town Election is still 98 days away on April 7, 2020 but it appears this edition will be few if any open seats among the 11 town-wide positions up for grabs when Belmont voters go to the polls. Incumbents in […]
Photo: Get registered! The deadline to register to vote and be qualified to vote in the annual Town Election (this year on Tuesday, April 2) is 8 p.m. March 13. Eligibility requirements to register to vote in Massachusetts: must currently live in the town or city that your voting in, At least 18 years old […]
Photo: It’s getting close to the deadline for nomination papers to be submitted. Ellen Cushman, Belmont’s Town Clerk, announced this week that nomination papers for Town Offices are available for those running for office. All candidates must be registered voters of Belmont. Belmont’s form of government is a representative Town Meeting and we have seven […]