Applying For Mail-In Ballot

VOTE BY MAIL APPLICATIONS

HOW TO OBTAIN VOTE-BY-MAIL APPLICATION

By Mail: To obtain a 2023 Vote By Mail Application, click here for the printable form.You may also email the Town Clerk at townclerk@town.princeton.ma.us and request that a vote by mail application be sent to you.

Online: Vote by Mail applications can be submitted online through the Mail-in Ballot Application System.

Please be aware of mail-in ballot application deadline that is listed on the state election calendar of the elections page of the town website or click here to be redirected to that page. Please complete the form in entirety and return to the Town Clerk's Office by 5pm of the deadline.

HOW TO RETURN YOUR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT

Once you receive your ballot, please return it as soon as possible to ensure that it arrives in time to be counted. Ballots CANNOT be returned to the polling location on Election Day.

Residents have three options to return a completed ballot:

1) RETURN BY MAIL 

A return ballot envelope that is addressed to the Town Clerk's Office is included in your vote by mail package. Place your ballot in the envelope, seal it, place the proper postage on the return envelope and drop it in the mail. Postage is NOT prepaid.   

2) RETURN IN-PERSON

You may return your vote by mail ballot in-person to the Town Clerk's Office Monday - Thursday 8:00AM to 4:00PM

3) USE THE SECURE ELECTION DROP BOX 

Ballots can be dropped off in the secured official election drop box located at the front entrance of Town Hall at 6 Town Hall Drive, Princeton MA. 

HOW IS AN EARLY VOTER'S BALLOT CAST? 

All returned vote by mail ballots will be kept secured, unopened and unexamined in a fire-proof vault until the Special Election Day. All ballots will be delivered by police or clerk staff and inserted into a tabulator at the polls on the Election Day.

WHAT IF I REGISTERED TO VOTE BY MAIL BUT I DID NOT RETURN MY BALLOT PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY?

Voters who receive a vote by mail ballot but do not return it prior to Election Day may appear to vote in person to cast a ballot on Election Day. Any voter that has returned a vote by mail ballot is not permitted to appear to vote in person on Election Day.

IF I VOTED BY MAIL CAN I VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY? 

Any voter that has returned a vote by mail ballot is not permitted to appear to vote in person on Election Day.

Please forward any questions to the Office of the Town Clerk.