Meet the Candidates Night will be held on Thursday, March 1, 6:30 – 9pm in the Wakelin Room of the Wellesley Free Library. The event promises to be a lively venue for voters to meet the candidates first-hand, hear their positions on issues of importance to the town, and pose questions directly to them.
Find out more about Wellesley Election 2018 here.
Twenty-one candidates are running for eleven Town-wide offices, of which three – Town Clerk, Natural Resources Commission and School Committee – are contested. In addition, eighty candidates are running for Town Meeting, with at least one contested Town Meeting precinct race. The Meet & Greet reception begins at 6:30pm and will be followed by a brief ceremony honoring retired elected officials and the formal Candidates Forum at 7pm. The event is free and open to the public.
Wellesley’s town Election Day is Tuesday, March 6, with polls open from 7am – 8pm. The deadline to register to vote in this year’s town election is Wednesday, February 14. Further election details are available through the Town Clerk and on the League of Women Voters of Wellesley website
Important Precinct information:
There is a new polling location for Precinct H located at Tolles Parsons Center, 500 Washington St. So if you used to vote at Wellesley High School, you now do so at Tolles Parsons.
There has been no change in Precinct boundaries, just a move of the polling place.