Town Election News:
The following new candidate has pulled nomination papers:
- Board of Health (3 year term): Rosemary D. Byrne
This updates the races to date:
- Moderator (1 year term): Michael J. Puzo
- Board of Assessors (3 year term): Carlton Alan Chambers *** returned papers
- Board of Health (3 year term): Rosemary D. Byrne
- Select Board (3 year term): Julie Moran Strehle ***returned papers
- Municipal Light Board (3 year term): Michael D. Reive, a candidate for re-election
- Housing Authority (5 year term): Timothy Patrick Sullivan
- School Committee (3 year term): Alyson Baron Anderson, Matthew J. Cosman and Nancy Nes Correnti, all candidates for re-election and John C. Mooney
- Planning Board (5 year term): Crystal G. Kelly and Thomas F. Patch
- Recreation Commission (5 year term): Adrienne F. Ramsey ***returned papers
Please call ahead at (781) 741-1410 to schedule an appointment to pick up your nomination papers. The filing deadline is March 17, 2025.
Annual Street Listing Census Has Arrived
Please review, update, sign and return to the Town Clerk within 10 days. The forms may be dropped off in the Town Clerk Ballot/Census Drop Box located in front of Town Hall or may be returned by mail. This Census is required by MA law.
- Do read the instructions on the back or call if you have questions on the form.
- If a voter in your household has moved, please note on the form and provide their new address/contact information.
- We can only remove a voter from the household, if the voter’s signature is provided. We see this a lot with post college-aged residents who have moved away from home to other cities/towns.
Failure to respond to the Census for two (2) consecutive years shall result in removal from the active voter list and may result in removal as a registered voter. This was the reason that many were deemed inactive in the recent Presidential Election and had to complete an affirmation of residency and provide a valid form of MA identification. Please avoid this extra step by completing and returning the 2025 Census.
New Town Election Hours Proposed
Currently, residents can vote in the annual Town Election using the Early Vote by Mail option prior to the election, or from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Election Day itself (the Saturday following Annual Town Meeting).
With approximately 50% of Hingham preferring to vote using the Early Vote by Mail option, the Town Clerk has submitted a warrant article to the Select Board for this year’s Town Meeting to hold future Saturday Town Elections from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Many of Hingham’s peer communities offer similar hours. With so few folks voting between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, it is time to update our hours to reflect voters’ preferences and to save the Town money by offering favored hours.
The graphs below show the hourly voter turnout for the past two Town Elections, since the Votes Act was passed in June, 2022:
For more information or comment, please reach out to the Town Clerk at falveyc@hingham-ma.gov.