Elections Information 

Check the status of your voter registration HERE.

Vote-by-Mail and Early Voting

Please view THIS PAGE for information on Vote-by-Mail.

Unofficial Election Results

Northampton's Unofficial Election results are updated LIVE via a google spreadsheet here.

Election Day Information

Polling Information

Northampton Polling hours are 7AM-8PM for Election Days.

Check your voter registration, your polling location, your elected state officials, and MORE by using the "My Election Info" search function. For a list of Northampton's Polling Locations please click here.

Identification Requirements

You may be asked to show identification when you check-in at your polling place for any of the following reasons:

  • You are voting for the first time in Massachusetts in a federal election;
  • You are an inactive voter;
  • You are casting a provisional or challenged ballot;
  • The poll worker has a reasonable suspicion that leads them to request identification.

Acceptable identification must include your name and the address at which you are registered to vote. Examples of acceptable identification include: a driver's license, state-issued ID card, recent utility bill, rent receipt, lease, a copy of a voter registration affidavit, or any other printed identification which contains the voter's name and address.

Ballot Marking Instructions

Instructions on how to mark the ballot will be posted at every voting location. Please CLICK HERE to view how to mark the ballot.

2023 Election Calendar

DATE TIME EVENT
8:30 am 4/24 - 5pm 7/24 - Nomination papers available by appointment.
7/24 5pm  Last day to submit nomination papers to Registrar of Voters for certification of signatures
8/7 5 pm
Last day to submit nomination papers to City Clerk
8/10 5 pm Drawing  for order of names on Preliminary Ballot
9/9 5 pm Last day to register to vote in order to vote in the Preliminary Election
9/11 4:30 pm Campaign Finance Reports due - Reporting period 1/1/2023 - 9/1/2023 (Preliminary candidates only)
9/12 5 pm Last day to request vote-by mail ballot for Sept. preliminary election
9/18 12 noon Last day for in person absentee voting (appointment required)
9/19 7 am - 8 pm Preliminary Election
9/25 5 pm Last day for filing withdrawals of or objections to nominations made at the preliminary and for filing written acceptances by write-in or sticker candidates who won in the Preliminary Election with the City Clerk
9/29 5 pm Drawing for order of names on Municipal Ballot
10/28 5 pm Last day to register to vote in order to vote in the Biennial Municipal Election
10/30 4:30 pm Campaign Finance Reports Due Applies to all candidates on November Ballot
10/31 5 pm Last day to request vote-by mail ballot for Nov. municipal election
11/6 12 noon Last day for in person absentee voting (appointment required)
11/7 7 am - 8 pm Biennial Municipal Election
1/22/2024 4:30 PM Campaign Finance Reports Due - All candidates and non-candidates with outstanding activity

Sample Ballots

Sample Ballots will be posted here when they become available.

Click HERE to find your election information.


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