Danvers To Hold Election May 2, Opts Out Of Universal Vote-By-Mail

DANVERS, MA — Danvers will not send vote-by-mail ballots to residents but will have one day of early, in-person voting for the annual town election set for May 2.

The Danvers Select Board on Tuesday voted to opt out of the no-excuse, vote-by-mail system that has been in place for statewide elections since 2020 and will become the standard for all elections starting in 2024. Local elections, which tend to have lower turnouts, have not been subject to the universal vote-by-mail requirements for town and city clerk's offices.

Danvers residents will still be able to request absentee ballots via mail for the May 2 election.

The Select Board also voted to authorize one day of in-person, early voting this spring. That will be held on April 22 at the Toomey Room from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Danvers voters will go to the polls to vote for six townwide positions this spring, along with town meeting members.

There is one term up on the Select Board, two on the School Committee, three on the Library Board of Trustees, one on the Danvers Housing Authority and the town moderator is up for re-election.,

Nomination papers will be available as of Feb. 1 through the Town Clerk's Office.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)