All mail-in ballots must be delivered to local officials by 8 p.m. Tuesday to count under a pandemic-era law authorizing mail-in voting with no excuse. "If they have any doubt about their ballot actually being counted, maybe the safest thng is to vote at the polls in person," Galvin said. Galvin's office confirmed that any voter who shipped back a ballot could still choose to vote in person at their usual polling place, as long as their mail-in ballot has not yet been delivered. Another 11 cities have preliminary elections scheduled for Sept. 21: Attleboro, Beverly, Chicopee, Everett, Fall River, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Newburyport, North Adams and Taunton. One week later, New Bedford and Northampton will hold preliminary elections.

Source: MetroXpress September 13, 2021 20:37 UTC