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WOBURN, MA – Mail-in ballots are now available for Woburn’s Jan. 25 special election on funding for a new Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School.
“To be able to vote by mail, the voter must be out of town during the opening hours of the polling stations, have a physical inability to go to the polls, or have a religious belief that prohibits the voter from voting the Election Day,” City Clerk Lindsay Higgins said in a statement.
Written requests to vote by mail must be mailed by January 19 at 5 p.m. or dropped off in person at City Hall by January 24 at noon. Voters can also vote by post at the town hall office.
You can download the app here.
To be able to vote by mail, the voter must be out of town during the opening hours of the polling stations, have a physical inability to go to the polls, or have a religious belief that prohibits the voter from voting on the day of the ballot. For information, including a downloadable application form, go to For information about the special election, including a sample ballot, please go to Voter Information.
The special election will take place districtwide in the 12 Northeast Metro Tech communities from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on January 25. All polling stations in Woburn will be held at Old Wyman School.
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School district officials are seeking funding to build a $317 million school at 100 Hemlock Road in Wakefield. The Massachusetts School Building Authority is investing up to $140.8 million in the overall cost.
Each community will be responsible for repaying the school’s debt based on early student enrollment. Woburn would be responsible for borrowing $15.7 million, based on its share of school enrollment. That would mean $900,000 a year in debt service over 30 years.
Woburn officials approved the project, but Saugus and Chelsea officials voted against authorizing the payment, triggering the special election.
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