MONTAGUE — Absentee ballots are now available at the Town Clerk’s Office for the May 16 annual town election. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is May 12.
To vote absentee, residents must be out of town on the day of the election, have a religious belief that prohibits them from being at the polls or have a physical disability that prevents them from going to the polls.
All absentee ballots must be returned to the Town Clerk’s Office by the close of the polls on May 16. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Registered voters of Montague will be voting for selectman, town clerk, treasurer/tax collector, assessor, Board of Health, Parks and Recreation Commission, tree warden, library trustees, Montague Housing Authority, soldiers memorial trustee (veteran) and town meeting members from all six precincts. Voters will also be voting for the Gill-Montague School Committee.
For more information call 863-3200, ext. 203 or email townclerk@montague-ma.gov.