Voting In Burlington: Polls Open

Burlington MA

03 November, 2020

6:00 AM

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BURLINGTON, MA — Voters in Burlington head to the polls, Tuesday, for the 2020 general election. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. In addition to the presidential and congressional races, there are two statewide ballot measures on the Burlington ballot. Voting has been different this year thanks to rules approved to expand early and mail-in voting in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but you can still vote in person on Election Day. The deadline to register to vote was Oct. 24. You can check your voting status on the Secretary of State's website, where you can also find your polling place. Mail-in Voting Mail-in ballots should be returned by mail or using the secure drop box at at 29 Center Street. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday and received by Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. If you plan to drop off your ballot in person, you should do so before 8 p.m., Tuesday. They cannot be directly submitted at in-person voting locations. You can track your ballot here. Election day voting: Polls in Burlington are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. You can use the Secretary of State's website to find your precinct. All precincts vote at Burlington High School, 123 Cambridge St., in the gyms at the back of the school. For questions about voting in Burlington, contact the Burlington Town Clerk's Office at [email protected] or 781-270-1660. Key Races The following are the key contested races that will be on the ballot for Burlington voters: President/Vice President Joe Biden/Kamala Harris (Democrat)Donald Trump/Mike Pence (Republican) - IncumbentHowie Hawkins/Angela Walker (Green-Rainbow)Jo Jorgenson/Spike Cohen (Libertarian) Congress U.S. House 6th District Seth Moulton (Democrat) - IncumbentJohn Paul Moran (Republican)Matthew Mixon (Independent) (Write-in) U.S. Senate Edward Markey (Democrat) - IncumbentKevin O'Connor (Republican) Massachusetts House 18th Essex District Tram Nguyen (Democrat) - IncumbentJeffrey DuFour (Republican) Ballot Questions Question 1: "Right To Repair" Vehicle Access Requirement Initiative Yes: A yes vote would require carmakers to expand access to mechanical data for all cars sold in Massachusetts beginning with model year 2022.No: A no vote leaves the 2013 right-to-repair law unchanged. Question 2: Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative Yes: A yes vote favors adopting a system gives voters the option of ranking candidates on their ballot in order of preference, as opposed to selecting just one. And if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of first-choice votes, the candidate with the least first-choice votes is eliminated, and the voters who preferred that candidate have their votes reallocated based on their second choices. Then the ballots are recounted and the process is repeated until one candidate breaks the 50 percent threshold.No: A no vote keeps the current system in place. Read more: MA 2020 Ballot Questions: Right To Repair, Ranked-Choice Voting Two other ballot questions are advisory and non-binding: Question 3: Shall the representative for this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would require Massachusetts to achieve 100% renewable energy use within the next two decades, starting immediately and making significant progress within the first five years while protecting impacted workers and business? Question 4: Shall the representative for this district be instructed to vote in favor of changes to the applicable House of Representative rules to make the results of all the votes in that body's Legislative committees publicly available on the Legislature's website? Running unopposed:Massachusetts Senate, 4th Middlesex District, Cindy FriedmanMassachusetts House, 21st Middlesex District, Ken GordonGovernor's Council, 3rd District, Marilyn Petitto DevaneyRegister of Probate, Middlesex County, Tara DeCristofaro