Voting Options for the April 13, 2021 Town Election

Check the Town Clerk’s website for updates (https://www.needhamma.gov/494/Elections-Calendars-Voting).

Last day to register to vote for in this election: Wednesday, March 24, 2021. See http://www.needhamma.gov/524/Voter-Registration-Information. If you have already registered to vote in Needham, such for the fall elections, you do not have to register again. Check your voter registration status at the MA Secretary of the Commonwealth’s website.

Vote in Person

Election Day: Tuesday, April 13, 2021; Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Where to vote: Please check your precinct location:

Don’t know your precinct? Look it up here.

Precincts A & B:  Center at the Heights, 300 Hillside Avenue
Precincts C & D:  Newman Elementary School, 1155 Central Avenue
Precincts E & H:  Needham Golf Club, 49 Green Street
Precincts F & G:  Rosemary Complex, 178 Rosemary Street
Precincts I & J:  Town Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue

Election Day voting is safe and requires less paper. Masks and social distancing are required.

Early Vote by Mail and Absentee Voting

Apply for a Ballot

Early Vote By Mail and Absentee Voting are both available. Early Vote By Mail has no eligibility requirements. The procedures are similar, but the application forms are different.

Download an Early Vote By Mail application.

Download an Absentee Ballot application.

Complete the application form. Be sure to sign it.

Submit the signed application to Town Clerk, Theodora Eaton, by email, fax, US mail, or Red Drop Box.

• By email to Teaton@needhamma.gov (include a readable signed early ballot application form or letter)
• By fax to 781-449-1246
• By mail to
  Needham Town Clerk
  Needham Town Hall
  1471 Highland Avenue
  Needham, MA 02492
• By Drop Box in front of Town Hall

The last day to apply for an Early Vote By Mail or Absentee Ballot by mail is 5 pm on Wednesday, April 7.
The last day to apply for an Absentee Ballot in person is 12:00 noon on Monday, April 12.

Please submit your application early to allow time for your ballot to be mailed to you and for you to return your completed ballot so it reaches Town Hall by close of polls to be counted (8 pm April 13).

Upon receiving the application, the Town Clerk will mail you a ballot.

If you have questions or problems with the application process, contact the Town Clerk by email or phone (781-455-7500).

Mail/Drop Off the Ballot

After you receive the ballot in the mail, mark the ballot, complete and sign the inner affidavit envelope, and return the completed ballot (sealed inside inner envelope) to the Town Clerk by mail or the Drop Box in front of Town Hall.  Once the completed Early Vote By Mail or Absentee Ballot is received, the voter’s process of voting is complete and may not be changed. Note that the Track My Ballot tool that was available for the fall elections is not available for local elections.

For US Mail, the required postage is $0.70. The Drop Box requires no postage and is the big red box in front of Town Hall, near Highland Avenue.

All mail-in ballots must be received by the close of polls on election day, April 13. The polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm.

Please Note

Some of the features that were available for the fall state election are not available for local elections.

• You must apply for an Early Vote By Mail ballot for this election, it will not be automatically mailed to you.
• The online portal for requesting a ballot is not available for local elections.
• The Track My Ballot function is also not available for local elections.
• The return envelope does not have pre-paid postage. Please affix $.70 postage (2 stamps is more than enough) if you are using US mail.

(sources: https://www.needhamma.gov/494/Elections-Calendars-Voting)