2025 Elections

There are currently 2 elections scheduled for calendar year 2025:

Tuesday January 14, 2025 Special Town Election
Tuesday April 8, 2025 Annual Town Election

Annual Town Election April 8, 2025

7:00 am to 8:00 pm

PRECINCT A and PRECINCT B……………….. Center at the Heights - 300 Hillside Ave.

PRECINCT C and PRECINCT D ……………….. Newman School - 1155 C

PRECINCT E and PRECINCT H ……………….. Needham Golf Club - 49 Green St.

PRECINCT F and PRECINCT G .……………….. Rosemary Rec. Complex – 178 Rosemary St.

PRECINCT I and PRECINCT J ..……………….. Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave – Powers Hall

Annual Town Election - Tuesday April 8, 2025

Preliminary Tallies

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Date: Annual Town Election April 8, 2025
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES											Total

Computer	488	738	634	655	735	786	929	673	865	589	7092
Handcount	19	32	20	26	17	28	26	27	33	20	248
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
MODERATOR (for three years) (Vote for ONE)
Michael K. Fee	380	564	486	455	539	580	682	496	639	436	5257
H/C	17	23	19	22	13	21	18	15	22	12	182
Scattered Write-Ins	1	2	1	3	2	5	3	0	4	6	27
Blanks	107	172	147	197	194	201	244	177	222	147	1808
H/C Blanks	2	9	1	4	4	7	8	12	11	8	66
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
SELECT BOARD (for three years) (Vote for ONE)
Heidi Frail	293	462	394	414	473	484	631	398	548	370	4467
H/C	13	17	16	21	15	17	19	9	21	10	158
Vikram Kaul	161	220	201	192	226	261	259	238	260	183	2201
H/C	5	13	3	3	2	9	5	15	11	6	72
Write-Ins	0	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	11
Blanks	34	53	38	48	36	40	38	35	56	35	413
H/C Blanks	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	3	1	4	18
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
TOWN CLERK (for three years) (Vote for ONE)
Louise L. Miller	381	558	495	468	549	585	661	499	648	437	5281
H/C	19	24	19	21	12	21	20	17	24	14	191
Write-Ins	1	4	1	0	3	4	1	0	4	1	19
Blanks	106	176	138	187	183	197	267	174	213	151	1792
H/C Blanks	0	8	1	5	5	7	6	10	9	6	57
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	Total

ASSESSOR (for three years)(Vote for ONE)
John A. Bulian	366	529	465	436	511	548	620	490	602	408	4975
H/C	16	25	19	20	14	18	19	14	24	12	181
Scattered Write-Ins	5	5	1	4	4	6	6	1	7	5	44
Blanks	117	204	168	215	220	232	303	182	256	176	2073
H/C Blanks	3	7	1	6	3	10	7	13	9	8	67
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (for three years)(Vote for Not More Than THREE)
Constance S. Barr	125	189	150	139	159	178	148	116	154	119	1477
H/C	12	16	11	9	6	7	7	6	8	4	86
Andrea Longo Carter	261	437	430	416	450	457	559	406	489	314	4219
H/C	9	18	15	14	12	18	17	15	20	11	149
Alisa M. Skatrud	246	402	321	364	406	380	558	346	454	294	3771
H/C	10	14	12	15	12	12	15	11	16	6	123
Sri Devi Baqri	227	358	295	302	389	357	493	329	483	297	3530
H/C	3	12	10	9	10	17	12	9	13	7	102
Scott Marder	172	215	200	197	201	272	243	256	273	196	2225
H/C	5	8	3	4	2	10	8	15	5	9	69
Leanne R. Ratti	167	232	212	201	252	299	317	224	308	220	2432
H/C	4	12	7	9	4	7	5	10	7	8	73
Scattered Write-ins	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	10
Blanks	265	380	294	346	348	410	469	342	431	327	3612
H/C Blanks	14	16	2	18	5	13	14	15	32	13	142
TOTAL	1521	2310	1962	2043	2256	2442	2865	2100	2696	1825	22020
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	Total

TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL PARK (Trustee of Soldiers' Memorials - Veteran) (for three years) (Vote for ONE)
Matthew L. Ching	361	535	465	431	511	549	610	471	611	421	4965
H/C	16	23	17	22	9	18	18	14	24	13	174
Write-Ins	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	3	1	11
Blanks	126	203	169	224	223	233	318	202	251	167	2116
H/C Blanks	3	9	3	4	8	10	8	13	9	7	74
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL PARK (Trustee of Soldiers' Memorials - Non-Veteran) (for three years) (Vote for ONE)
Michael A. Fraini	362	531	465	429	512	549	605	461	611	420	4945
H/C	15	23	18	23	11	20	18	13	25	13	179
Scattered Write-Ins	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	2	12
Blanks	125	206	169	226	223	234	323	212	250	167	2135
H/C Blanks	4	9	2	3	6	8	8	14	8	7	69
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	Total

TRUSTEE OF NEEDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (for three years) (Vote for Not More Than TWO)
Kathleen Cahill Allison	274	452	393	400	467	477	546	401	516	328	4254
H/C	12	20	15	19	11	13	17	15	23	8	153
Robert A. Petitt	230	354	327	348	366	392	453	317	413	269	3469
H/C	12	12	12	15	9	15	18	9	17	7	126
Vipul Bhushan	140	207	159	144	186	197	216	163	204	155	1771
H/C	2	10	2	5	2	6	7	11	4	5	54
Megan Mistry	109	162	133	94	145	157	197	159	193	161	1510
H/C	5	13	5	3	2	8	3	7	6	7	59
Write-Ins	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	8
Blanks	222	301	256	324	306	345	446	306	402	264	3172
H/C Blanks	7	9	6	10	10	14	7	12	16	13	104
TOTAL	1014	1540	1308	1362	1504	1628	1910	1400	1796	1218	14680
BOARD OF HEALTH (For three years)(Vote for Not More Than TWO)
Stephen K. Epstein	292	452	384	377	444	452	528	396	500	354	4179
H/C	16	21	17	17	11	19	18	11	23	12	165
Tejal K. Gandhi	262	433	353	329	402	391	488	344	454	286	3742
H/C	7	18	10	14	11	18	15	11	22	7	133
Khristy Thompson	167	225	206	227	234	243	270	213	263	209	2257
H/C	7	15	10	9	2	11	10	9	4	10	87
Write-Ins	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	10
Blanks	252	364	325	377	390	484	572	393	511	328	3996
H/C Blanks	8	10	3	12	10	8	9	23	17	11	111
TOTAL	1014	1540	1308	1362	1504	1628	1910	1400	1796	1218	14680
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	Total

PLANNING BOARD (For five years)(Vote for ONE)
Kenneth G. Buckley	217	266	240	222	279	300	336	238	331	223	2652
H/C	6	14	5	10	2	9	11	12	14	5	88
Eric Greenberg	210	374	329	352	384	401	517	365	431	302	3665
H/C	10	12	14	13	14	16	14	11	18	10	132
Write-Ins	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Blanks	60	98	65	81	71	84	75	70	102	64	770
H/C Blanks	3	6	1	3	1	3	1	4	1	5	28
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	Total

COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS (For three years)(Vote for ONE)
Andrew D. Hopkin	337	491	431	393	463	499	561	416	564	375	4530
H/C	16	24	19	21	10	17	15	16	23	12	173
Scattered Write-Ins	0	0	0	1	3	9	3	1	4	0	21
Blanks	151	247	203	261	269	278	365	256	297	214	2541
H/C Blanks	3	8	1	5	7	11	11	11	10	8	75
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
	Precinct A	Precinct B	Precinct C	Precinct D	Precinct E	Precinct F	Precinct G	Precinct H	Precinct I	Precinct J
OFFICES AND CANDIDATES	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	ED	Total

NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY (for five years) (Vote for ONE)
Geoffrey Engler	189	315	282	288	323	319	440	310	333	226	3025
H/C	9	13	9	12	6	10	11	10	15	4	99
Barbara McDonald	219	289	256	242	281	329	320	244	365	258	2803
H/C	8	13	11	10	6	13	11	13	14	12	111
Scattered Write-Ins	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	1	12
Blanks	78	133	96	125	131	134	169	119	165	104	1254
H/C Blanks	2	6	0	3	5	5	4	4	3	4	36
TOTAL	507	770	654	681	752	814	955	700	898	609	7340
PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION (For three years)(Vote for Not More Than TWO)
Cynthia Chaston	270	456	402	371	448	446	520	388	462	299	4062
H/C	14	22	18	16	11	18	22	9	24	10	164
Michelle Geddes	277	426	386	374	418	432	505	379	441	290	3928
H/C	12	19	11	19	11	12	17	15	21	9	146
Jit Basak	148	207	169	179	234	208	270	188	345	243	2191
H/C	4	8	9	8	4	11	7	8	9	7	75
Scattered Write-Ins	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	3	1	1	12
Blanks	281	386	311	386	369	482	563	388	481	345	3992
H/C Blanks	8	14	2	9	8	15	6	22	12	14	110
TOTAL	1014	1540	1308	1362	1504	1628	1910	1400	1796	1218	14680

Precinct: A				Precinct: B				Precinct: C
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total

Erik J. Bailey	251	262	2	Peter Benfield	396	413	3	Paul S. Alpert	291	305	5
H/C	11			H/C	17			H/C	14
Richard S. Creem	217	230	7	Wendy Blom	356	376	6	Joseph P. Barnes	325	339	3
H/C	13			H/C	20			H/C	14
Robert S. Dangel	262	274	1	Jean W. Childs	426	445	1	Priya Bhushan	307	319	4
H/C	12			H/C	19			H/C	12
Michael S. Miller	225	238	6	Gilbert W. Cox, Jr.	400	420	2	Wells Blanchard	287	296	6
H/C	13			H/C	20			H/C	9
Rachel B. Miller	236	248	5	Judith Dernburg	339	351	7	Paula Callanan	272	285	7
H/C	12			H/C	12			H/C	13
Elizabeth M. Sargent	245	257	4	William B. King	383	404	4	Andrea Longo Carter	391	405	1
H/C	12			H/C	21			H/C	14
Jennifer Scheck-Kahn	251	260	3	Kim Marie Nicols	384	405	4	Michael E. O'Brien	335	347	2
H/C	9			H/C	21			H/C	12
Sharon P. Serinsky	214	224	8	Karan Baghat	260	273		Paul Theodore Owens	244	257	8
H/C	10			H/C	13			H/C	13
Eran Hollander	163	169		Allison P. Cocuzzo	318	332	8	Eliot Jekowsky	206	214
H/C	6			H/C	14			H/C	8
Rushit P. Kamani	160	162		Joseph D. Cocuzzo	246	260		David G. Lazarus	216	226
H/C	2			H/C	14			H/C	10
Sean Christopher Robbins	159	163		Michael Santos	253	266		Dennis A. Lonigro	173	176
H/C	4			H/C	13			H/C	3
Joan S. Schockett	207	213		Jane M. Volden	270	288		Edward E. Saraiva	184	195
H/C	6			H/C	18			H/C	11
Scattered Write-ins	4			Write-ins - Scattered	8			Caitlin Elizabeth Siegrist	227	235
Blanks	1310			Blanks	1861			H/C	8
H/C Blanks	42			H/C Blanks	52			Write-ins	5
TOTAL	4056			TOTAL	6154			Blanks	1609
								H/C Blanks	19
								TOTAL	5232


Precinct: D				Precinct: E				Precinct: F
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total

Margaret Abruzese	284	300	7	Constance S. Barr	379	389	1	Alison Borrelli	351	366	3
H/C	16			H/C	10			H/C	15
Jeremy Chao	310	323	4	Cynthia Chaston	357	366	2	Barry J. Coffman	281	294	8
H/C	13			H/C	9			H/C	13
Holly A. Clarke	292	305	6	Ann M. Cosgrove	317	324	3	Gail E. Davis	349	362	4
H/C	13			H/C	7			H/C	13
Bruce T. Eisenhut	327	340	2	Carol A. Facchetti	314	318	6	Doug H. Fox	354	368	2
H/C	13			H/C	4			H/C	14
Justin McCullen	289	299	8	Nordo M. Nissi IV	249	252	8	Robyn Glazier	310	319	6
H/C	10			H/C	3			H/C	9
Aaron Pressman	302	315	5	Philip V. Robey	229	235		Jeanne McKnight	375	388	1
H/C	13			H/C	6			H/C	13
Evan F. Rauch	332	346	1	Kate Weinograd	314	322	4	Karen Price	333	349	5
H/C	14			H/C	8			H/C	16
Janis M. Soma	318	331	3	Jill Yanofsky	307	310	7	William Zoppo	283	291
H/C	13			H/C	3			H/C	8
Kristina Burgos	240	249		Erica K. Bond	313	322	4	Terry Ajamian	208	217
H/C	9			H/C	9			H/C	9
Erin M. Doyle	234	243		Stefanie M. Forman	218	223		Richard P. Earthrowl	194	198
H/C	9			H/C	5			H/C	4
Aryn Patentas	191	198		Nathan I. Levin	222	225		Eric Greenberg	293	305	7
H/C	7			H/C	3			H/C	12
Anne Cline Scott	151	157		Scott Ryan Lipshutz	217	218		William M. Hobbib	153	158
H/C	6			H/C	1			H/C	5
Edward L. Wallack	243	247		Allegra W. Lowitt	182	185		Brian MB Keaney	67	68
H/C	4			H/C	3			H/C	1
Denisa Weinstein	209	215		Kathryn Raiz	219	222		Jacqueline F. Kiley	244	255
H/C	6			H/C	3			H/C	11
Write-ins	3			Christine D. Urban	179	183		William P. Lenahan	259	264
Blanks	1516			H/C	4			H/C	5
H/C Blanks	61			Chester W. Yablonski, Jr.	243	247		Marcus Alexis Loveland	150	156
TOTAL	5448			H/C	4			H/C	6
				Write-ins	3			Barbara McDonald	236
				Blanks	1618			H/C	7
				H/C Blanks	54			Jeremy Sacco	166
				TOTAL	6016			H/C	10
								Bruce Wolfeld	194
								H/C	5
								Write-ins	8
								Blanks	1480
								H/C Blanks	48
								TOTAL	6512


Precinct: G				Precinct: H				Precinct: I
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS for 3 years (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total

John D. Crimmings	318	331		Heinz R. Brinkhaus	286	298		Peter Atallah	471	494	1
H/C	13			H/C	12			H/C	23
Robert J. Dermody	407	421	3	Hilary Hanson Bruel	333	346	3	Artie R. Crocker	443	469	2
H/C	14			H/C	13			H/C	26
James D. Flanagan	336	348	8	John A. Bulian	343	354	2	Maurice Handel	422	446	3
H/C	12			H/C	11			H/C	24
Stephen Frail	449	464	1	M. Patricia Cruickshank	307	321	5	Daniel P. Matthews	372	395	5
H/C	15			H/C	14			H/C	23
Thomas M. Harkins	347	358	7	Elizabeth P. Handler	367	380	1	Catherine Mertz	337	357	7
H/C	11			H/C	13			H/C	20
Maureen McCaffrey	422	439	2	Peter R. Olive	298	308	7	Oscar E. Mertz III	307	326	8
H/C	17			H/C	10			H/C	19
Robert T. Smart Jr	379	393	4	Richard M. Reilly	292	304	8	Paul Robey III	299	317
H/C	14			H/C	12			H/C	18
Susan Welby	366	377	5	Karen Barzilay	276	286		Lois F. Sockol	416	434	4
H/C	11			H/C	10			H/C	18
Kara-Anne Albert	266	272		Gary M. Gillis	299	311	6	Arthur Jay Carter IV	274	283
H/C	6			H/C	12			H/C	9
Amanda Berman	357	371	6	Scott Marder	308	324	4	Adam Cole	380	394	6
H/C	14			H/C	16			H/C	14
Kenneth G. Buckley	302	310		Write-ins	2			Jacob Eisenhard	188	192
H/C	8			Blanks	2273			H/C	4
Abigail G. Carr	324	335		H/C Blanks	93			Nicholas S. Guidice	219	229
H/C	11			TOTAL	5600			H/C	10
Sean Timothy Collins	180	184		TOWN MEETING MEMBERS for 1 year (Vote for not more than TWO)	Total	Candidate Total		Christopher Jantzen	257
H/C	4			Erica Hitchings	295	302		H/C	4
Zachary Wallack	275	282		H/C	7			Write-ins	7
H/C	7			Kathleen A. Scranton	229	241	1	Blanks	2528
David L. Wertheim	209	213		H/C	12			H/C Blanks	52
H/C	4			Teri Wittenberger	237	246		TOTAL	7184
Write-ins	2			H/C	9
Blanks	2493			Write-ins	3		2	TOWN MEETING MEMBERS for 1 year (Vote for ONE)	Total
H/C Blanks	47			Blanks	582			David Hruska	541
TOTAL	7640			H/C Blanks	26			H/C	25
				TOTAL	1400			Write-ins	4
								Blanks	320
								H/C Blanks	8
								TOTAL	898


Precinct: J
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS (Vote for not more than EIGHT)	Total	Candidate Total

William R. Dermody	335	346	1
H/C	11
Robert Deutsch	227	238	7
H/C	11
Paula Dickerman	289	299	4
H/C	10
Janice Epstein	266	278	5
H/C	12
Priya Gore	204	210
H/C	6
Michael J. Greis	290	299	3
H/C	9
Jit Basak	244	250	6
H/C	6
Dina L. Creiger	292	301	2
H/C	9
Richard W. Epstein	177	185
H/C	8
Thomas Gillogley	163	166
H/C	3
David B. Jordan	213	223
H/C	10
Laura London	217	224	8
H/C	7
Lynne C. Stratford	198	206
H/C	8
Write-ins	5
Blanks	1592
H/C Blanks	50
TOTAL	4872

Specimen Ballots: To see the specimen ballot for your precinct, please click on the links below

Specimen Ballot Precinct A
Specimen Ballot Precinct B
Specimen Ballot Precinct C
Specimen Ballot Precinct D
Specimen Ballot Precinct E
Specimen Ballot Precinct F
Specimen Ballot Precinct G
Specimen Ballot Precinct H
Specimen Ballot Precinct I
Specimen Ballot Precinct J

Link to Candidate List

Offices on the Ballot

Town Officers

1 Select Board Member for a term of 3 years
3 School Committee Members for a term of 3 years
1 Moderator for a term of 3 years
1 Town Clerk for a term of 3 years
2 Park and Recreation Commissioners for a term of 3 years
1 Assessor for a term of 3 years
1 Commissioner of Trust Funds for a term of 3 years
2 Needham Public Library Trustees for a term of 3 years
2 Memorial Park Trustees
- 1 Veteran for a term of 3 years
- 1 Non-Veteran for a term of 3 years
2 Board of Health Members for a term of 3 years
1 Planning Board Member for a term of 5 years
1 Needham Housing Authority Member for a term of 5 years

Town Meeting Members

8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct A for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct B for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct C for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct D for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct E for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct F for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct G for a term of 3 years
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct H for a term of 3 years
2 Town Meeting Members for Precinct H for a term of 1 year
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct I for a term of 3 years
1 Town Meeting Member for Precinct I for a term of 1 year
8 Town Meeting Members for Precinct J for a term of 3 years

Ways to Vote the April 8, 2025 Annual Town Election

In person on April 8, 2025 at your polling location from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM
In person early voting at the Town Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham MA. There will be a single polling location for all precincts.
- Early voting hours :
  - Saturday March 29 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
  - Monday March 31 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
  - Tuesday April 1 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
  - Wednesday April 2 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
  - Thursday April 3 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
  - Friday April 4 from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm.
In person absentee is available beginning March 18, 2025, at the Town Clerk's office during Town Clerk business hours.
- Please note that the last day to vote absentee in person in Monday April 7, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
Absentee By Mail
Early Vote By mail
- Vote by Mail Application Deadline:5:00 pm on Tuesday April 1, 2025
  - Many Needham voters have already applied to vote by mail for all elections this year. If you have not, you may still apply to vote by mail by returning the white postcard that was mailed to you in December 2024, by applying online through the Secretary of the Commonwealth's portal, or you may also apply at the Town Clerk’s Office during business hours.
  - If you are voting by mail, please note that the US Postal Service recommends mailing your ballot at least 1 week before election day.
UOCAVA if you are on military active duty or a family member or are living abroad temporarily or permanently

Voter Registration Deadline for April 8, 2025 Special Town Election is Saturday March 29, 2025

during business hours until Friday March 28, 2025
Additional hours on:

Saturday January 4, 2025
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
At Needham Town Hall

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/

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Special Town Election January 14, 2025

SPECIAL ELECTION - JANUARY 14, 2025 Official Results

	A	EV	B	EV	C	EV	D	EV	E	EV	F	EV	G	EV	H	EV	I	EV	J	EV	TOTAL

BALLOT QUESTION	560	354	685	479	666	450	731	364	859	414	815	468	925	445	967	265	924	452	704	221	11748
Hand Count	1	5	1	1	1	2	10	1	2	7	5	5	8	4	4	1	14	3	4	2	81

Yes	172	143	260	253	261	170	302	164	343	215	333	181	392	216	349	105	384	222	290	127	4882
Hand Count	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	3	2	4	6	2	2	0	6	2	2	1	39

No	388	211	425	226	405	280	429	200	516	199	482	287	533	229	618	160	540	230	414	94	6866
Hand Count	1	4	1	1	0	2	4	0	1	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	8	1	2	1	41

Blanks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

TOTAL	561	359	686	480	667	452	741	365	861	421	820	473	933	449	971	266	938	455	708	223	11829

Important Deadlines

Vote By Mail

5:00 pm Tuesday January 7, 2025: Requests for vote by mail ballots must be received in the Town Clerk's Office or in the Town Clerk's red drop box on the corner of Garrity's Way and Highland Avenue. Any postcards received after the deadline will not be processed for this election.
- All requests for vote by mail ballots received by 5:00 pm on Tuesday January 7, 2025 will be at the US Post Office by close of business on Thursday January 9, 2025.
8:00 pm Tuesday January 14, 2025: All vote by mail ballots must be received by the Town Clerk's Office.
- If you are planning on returning your vote by mail ballot to the Town Clerk, it must be received by the Town Clerk’s Office by 8:00 pm on Tuesday January 14, 2025. In addition to mailing it, you may return it to the Town Clerk's Office during regular business hours or you may drop it off in the secure red drop box on the corner of Garrity's Way and Highland Avenue.

In-Person Voting

Absentee Until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 13, 2025.

At the polls from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm on Election Day, Tuesday January 14, 2025.

Specimen Ballot

Information Booklet for January 2025 Special Election

Link to October 2024 Special Town Meeting Information

Testing of Election Tabulators

Election tabulators that will be used for Advance Depositing and at the designated Central Tabulation Facility and on January 14, 2025 for the Special Town Election will be tested beginning at 10:00 am on Thursday January 2, 2025 until 4:00 pm and continuing as needed on Friday January 3, 2025. The testing will take place in the Highland Room at Needham Town Hall, 1472 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02492. Interested members of the public may view the testing.

Advance Removal and Depositing of Early and Absentee Voting Ballots

The Town will be opening early and absentee voting ballots that have been received beginning on Wednesday January 8, 2025 at 9:00 am and continuing that day until 4:00 pm. Advance removal will continue on Thursday January 9 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Friday January 10 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and Monday January 13 at 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. Interested members of the public may view the advance removal and processing of early and absentee voting ballots and may challenge ballots.

Ways to Vote the January 14, 2025 Special Election

In person on January 14, 2025 at your polling location from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM
In person absentee during Town Clerk business hours.
- Please note that the last day to vote absentee in person in Monday January 13, 2025 at 12:00 noon.
Absentee By Mail
Early Vote By mail
- Vote by Mail Application Deadline: January 7, 2025
  - Many Needham voters have already applied to vote by mail for all elections this year. If you have not, you recently received a post card in the mail to apply to vote by mail.
  - You may also apply at the Town Clerk’s Office during business hours.
  - If you are voting by mail, please note that the US Postal Service recommends mailing your ballot at least 1 week before election day.
UOCAVA if you are on military active duty or a family member or are living abroad temporarily or permanently