Town Clerk Sandy Smith told me today that, if you are a registered voter in Walpole, you can walk in and get an absentee ballot up until 5:00 p.m. on November 3. She'll also mail an absentee ballot to someone that cannot come in for it. But absentee ballots that are going to be mailed back to her must arrive on or before election day, November 4. (Sandy says that some people every year mail their ballots on election day and, because they do not arrive until after election day, they don't get counted.)
Sandy will even take an absentee ballot to someone's home who cannot get it otherwise IF they request it early and she has time to do so.
The Supervisors of the Checklist, the town officials that keep the voter rolls, will be available this Saturday, October 25, from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Town Hall and at the Fire House in North Walpole to register new voters. Also new voters can register on election day itself, although it will be very crowded and take longer that day. CCB
