Super Tuesday is Right Around the Corner

For Massachusetts voters to be eligible to vote on Super Tuesday on March 6 in the Presidential Republican Primary, a mail-in voter registration form must be postmarked by Wednesday, February 15.

The voter registration form is available here, and must be mailed to the Commonwealth’s Election Division by Wednesday.

This deadline not only applies to voter registration, it is also for declaring a party and changing addresses.

Super Tuesday refers to the Tuesday of a presidential election year when the greatest number of states hold primary elections to select delegates to national conventions at which each party's presidential candidates are officially nominated.

More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other single day of the primary calendar.  Massachusetts along with Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia will all hold Presidential Primary or Caucus Elections on March 6.

In Hingham,  while 5 and 6 will be at the middle school, and Precinct 5A will vote at the Derby Clubhouse Building at Linden Ponds. To find out where you vote, visit the Town of Hingham Website.

Questions about voter registration can be referred to the Town Clerk’s Office at 781-741-1410. Additional information is also available on the Town Clerk’s website.

The Presidential Primary is the first of four elections scheduled for 2012. The Hingham Town Election is planned for April 28, followed by the State Primary on September 6 and the Presidential Election on November 6.