SUDBURY, MA — Election Day is approaching and Sudbury voters will face a long ballot with federal, statewide and district races.
The Massachusetts state election will take place Tuesday, Nov. 3. Residents will vote for governor, U.S. senator, state legislators and other offices, along with nine binding statewide ballot questions and a district-specific nonbinding question.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.
The voter registration deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Residents can register, update an address or check their registration through the state's online voter registration system.
All six Sudbury precincts will vote at the Fairbank Community Center, 40 Fairbank Road, according to the Sudbury Town Clerk.
Early in-person voting will take place at Town Hall, 322 Concord Road, from Saturday, Oct. 17 through Friday, Oct. 30.
There is no early voting Sunday, Oct. 18 or Sunday, Oct. 25.
Vote-by-mail applications must reach the Town Clerk's Office by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Voters who previously requested ballots for all 2026 elections do not need to apply again.
Completed ballots may be mailed, delivered to the Town Clerk's Office or placed in the drop box at the building's back entrance. Ballots delivered in person must arrive by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Domestic ballots received through the mail will be counted if they are postmarked by Nov. 3 and arrive by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Overseas ballots postmarked by Election Day may arrive through Nov. 13, according to the town's election instructions.
Voters can track their ballots online.
The following candidates will appear on Sudbury ballots, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's candidate list.
U.S. Senate: Edward J. Markey (D); John Deaton (R); Shiva Ayyadurai (I); Joe Tache (Socialism and Liberation).
Governor And Lieutenant Governor: Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll (D); Michael Minogue and Shawn Oliver (R); Andrea James and Kayla Kittredge (I).
Attorney General: Andrea Joy Campbell (D); Michael C. Walsh (R).
Secretary Of The Commonwealth: William Francis Galvin (D); Anne R. Brensley (R).
State Treasurer: Deborah B. Goldberg (D); Elizabeth Dionne (R).
State Auditor: Diana DiZoglio (D); Al Ozonoff (Libertarian).
U.S. House, 5th Congressional District: Katherine M. Clark (D).
Governor's Council, 3rd District: Mara Dolan (D).
State Senate, Middlesex And Worcester District: James Bradley Eldridge (D); Joseph Timothy Shea (R).
State House, 13th Middlesex District: Ravi Simon (D).
Northern District Attorney: Marian T. Ryan (D).
Middlesex County Register Of Probate: Tara E. DeCristofaro (D); Tara Martorella (Justice for All).
Clark, Dolan, Simon and Ryan are running without listed opponents. Patch previously reported on Sudbury's primary contests and how Sudbury residents voted in those races.
Massachusetts voters will decide nine binding statewide questions. The state's official voter guide includes the complete proposals and arguments for and against each one.
Question 1: Public Records. A yes vote would place most records held by the governor's office and Legislature under the state Public Records Law. A no vote would leave the current law unchanged.
Question 2: Public Defender Employees. A yes vote would specify that Committee for Public Counsel Services employees may unionize and collectively bargain. A no vote would leave the current labor law unchanged.
Question 3: State Primaries. A yes vote would replace party primaries for state offices with a single all-party primary, with the top two candidates advancing to the general election. A no vote would retain separate party primaries. Patch examined the proposal here.
Question 4: Election Day Registration. A yes vote would allow eligible residents to register or update their addresses at their polling places on Election Day beginning in 2028. A no vote would retain the advance registration deadline.
Question 5: State Revenue Limit. A yes vote would change the state revenue cap by linking it to the previous year's collections and average wage growth, with excess revenue returned to taxpayers. A no vote would leave the current system unchanged.
Question 6: Nature For All Fund. A yes vote would create a conservation fund supported by portions of taxes collected from sporting goods, recreational vehicles and golf-course use. A no vote would leave those revenues allocated under current law.
Question 7: Single-Family Housing. A yes vote would generally allow single-family homes on residential lots of at least 5,000 square feet that meet frontage, water and sewer requirements. Municipalities could still regulate height, parking and setbacks. A no vote would make no change.
Question 8: Recreational Marijuana Sales. A yes vote would repeal the legal, regulated retail market for recreational marijuana while continuing to allow limited adult possession. A no vote would preserve the current law.
Question 9: Firearms Law. A yes vote would keep the state's 2024 firearms law in place, including provisions covering ghost guns, assault-style weapons and extreme-risk protection orders. A no vote would repeal the law. Read Patch's closer look at Question 9.
Because Sudbury is in the 13th Middlesex House District, voters will also see a nonbinding Question 10.
Question 10: Legislative Stipends. The question asks whether the district's state representative should support legislation or rules reducing the House speaker's and Senate president's control over extra-pay stipends. It also calls for stipends to be limited to lawmakers performing significant additional work that is transparent and accountable. The vote will not directly change state law, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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