Board Members

Helene Vitale
148 Peck Street
Rehoboth, MA 02769



Phone: 508-252-3352
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Raymond F. Burt
148 Peck Street
Rehoboth, MA 02769



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Margaret Parker
148 Peck Street
Rehoboth, MA 02769



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Voter Registration

You may register to vote if:
    1. You are a citizen of the United States.
    2. You are 18 years of age or more by the day of the election or primary.
    3. You are a resident of Rehoboth.

You should register to vote if:
    1. You are a citizen who has not registered before.
    2. You have moved to a new city or town.
    3. You name has been changed through court action or marriage.
    4. Your name was omitted from the annual listing of residents on January first prior to         the election.

Otherwise voters need register only once in Massachusetts.

How to Register: Election laws in Massachusetts have changed within the past few year. In addition to being able to register to vote at the local office of the Registrars of Voters (in the Town Clerk's office) registration can now take place at the state's Registry of Motor Vehicle offices when residents register their vehicles or renew their driving licenses. Residents may also register to vote by mailing the proper form to the Registrars in the Office of the Town Clerk. Registration may also take place by appearing in any Registrars office throughout the Commonwealth. That office will forward the voter registration form to the proper city or town. Legal residents of the town on active duty with the armed forces of the United States, their spouses and dependents, persons in the Merchant Marines of the United States, their spouses and dependents, and citizens of the United States temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the United States may obtain absent voting ballots even though they have not registered to vote in Rehoboth.

Where to Register: At the office of the Town Clerk, Town Office Building, 148r Peck St., or at the office of any Town Clerk or Election Commissioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or when registering a vehicle or renewing a driving license with the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

When to Register: On any business day of the year except on the 20 days before elections or primaries. Any serviceman or other federal employee, spouse, parent or child of a federal employee on foreign service, or a United States citizen temporarily residing outside the . territorial limits of the United States and his or her spouse or dependent may register late by appearing in person before his local Registrar of Voters any day following the final registration period before a primary or election provided he does so prior to 4:00 PM on the day before a primary or election.

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Voting Polls

Polls are open for local elections at times designated by individual cities and towns. In Rehoboth the polling hours for local elections are usually set to begin at 10 AM and close at 8 PM. State law requires that the polling hours for all state primaries and elections be 7:00 AM to 8 PM.

To Cast Your Ballot: Rehoboth has been divided into three voting precincts. Your voting precinct is assigned at the time you register to vote. If you are unclear as to your precinct you may call the Town Clerk's Office and obtain that information. Precinct I votes at the Town Office Building, off Peck St.; Precinct II votes at the Palmer River School, Winthrop St.; and Precinct III votes at the South Rehoboth Fire Station on Pleasant St. For primaries (both state and presidential) Selectmen usually vote to combine the three precincts with everyone voting at one polling place on that day -- usually Palmer River School. This is done because of the traditionally low voter turnout for primaries.

To Vote: Go to your polling place (Precinct), give your street, house number and name to the election workers. Take the ballot and security envelope you are given and proceed to one of the voting booths. Directions for marking the ballot will be posted in each voting booth. Mark the ballot with the special marking pen provided, insert the ballot into the security envelope and proceed to the checkout area. You will again be asked for your name and address and you may then proceed to the ballot box and deposit your voted ballot.

At the Polling Place You May Expect:
    1) Sample ballots and voting lists posted.
    2) Protection from candidates, their workers and political advertising within 150 feet of         the entrance to the polling place.
    3) To receive up to three ballots, one at a time, if you make an error.
    4) A maximum of five minutes to mark your ballot if others are waiting in line to vote.         (Otherwise the time limit is 10 minutes).

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Absentee Voting

You may apply for an absentee ballot if:
    1) You will be absent from the town during the hours the polls are open.
    2) You are physically disabled to get to the polls.

You are eligible for an absentee ballot if:
    1) You are a registered voter.
    2) You are a U.S. citizen in the active service of the armed forces or merchant marine
        or are a member of the immediate family of such a person.
    3) A Massachusetts citizen absent from state.

To obtain an absentee ballot you must: Submit a written request (signed by the voter) to the Town Clerk's office no later than noon of the day before the election. In some cases a close relative (who is a registered voter) may apply. Ask the Town Clerk's office for more information.

To Vote an Absentee Ballot: If you will be absent from the town on election day you may vote your ballot in the Town Clerk's Office before you leave (if the ballots are available). If you are voting absentee by mail, follow the directions received with your absentee ballot. The only time an absentee ballot can be delivered by hand to a voter is when the voter states (under penalties of perjury) in an application that he/she has been admitted to a health care facility after noon on the fifth day before an election.


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