Norton Town Clerk Issues Town Election Reminder

NORTON, MA —The Norton annual town election — which was postponed due to the coronavirus health emergency — will be held Saturday with all precincts voting at the Norton Middle School.

Polling hours will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with masks encouraged and social distancing to be enforced.

"Thank you in advance for your cooperation, and please know we are doing all we can for your voting experience to be safe and pleasant," Norton Town Clerk Lucia Longhurst said.

While all voters will head to Norton Middle School, different precincts will vote in different parts of the building.

Precincts 1 and 2 will be voting in the cafeteria and should enter through the front door of the school. There will be signs showing the precinct numbers.

Precincts 3, 4 and 5 will be voting in the gymnasium. Residents in those precincts are asked to enter through the side door.

There will be signs showing the precinct numbers. There will also be Emergency Management personnel present to help with parking.

No more than four residents will be allowed to vote in each precinct at one time. Upon arrival, voters will be given hand sanitizer.

Once checked in, election officials will hand voters a ballot and a sanitized pen in a baggie unless using their own pen is preferred. Voters are reminded they cannot use red pens because machines will not read them. There will be a pen disposal box at checkout.

Absentee and mail-in ballots must be received by Saturday at 5 p.m. to be counted, so anyone looking for one should email a request as soon as possible to llonghurst@nortonmaus.com. Once receiving a ball, leave it in the payment box at town hall or bring it to the polls by 5 p.m. on election day.

The Select Board and Town Moderator are two contested positions on this year's ballot.