Beverly Early In-Person Voting For MA General Election Starts Oct. 22

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly residents intending to vote in the upcoming state general election will be able to go in person and perform their civic duty in advance of Election Day starting on Oct. 22.

The city has planned 14 days of in-person voting at City Hall in advance of the Nov. 8 general election.

Voting will take place on Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. From Oct. 24 through Oct. 26 voting will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Voting will then happen on Oct. 27 from 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on Oct. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

On Oct. 29, voting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 30, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, and concluding on Nov. 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Parking for early voting will be available at no cost in the City Hall lot on weekends.

Early, in-person voting is available in addition to the 6,600 mail-in ballots that the Beverly City Clerk's office said were sent out on Oct. 7.

Those can be returned by mail or hand by the time polls close on Election Day to the clerk's office as well as left in one of the city's voting drop boxes located at City Hall at 191 Cabot Street, Fire Headquarters at 15 Hale Street and at the Beverly Farms Fire Department at 2 West Street.

Beverly City Clerk reminded early and absentee voters to sign the envelope above the label with the name and address on it.

"By law, we cannot accept your ballot without your signature," she said. "If we receive your ballot
without your signature, we will need to reject your ballot and send you a replacement one to fill out."

Mail-in ballots cannot be accepted at the polls on Nov. 8.

Those with questions are encouraged to call the City Clerk's office at 978-605-2324.

(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.)