Early Voting Begins In Wayland, But Thousands Have Mailed Ballots
WAYLAND, MA — Early voting in Wayland kicks off this Saturday, but the Town Clerk is already reporting that it has processed about 3,600 mail-in ballot applications.
Massachusetts voters are being encouraged to vote by mail this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those ballots can be dropped in the mail, or in a ballot box outside the police station. The Secretary of State has also set up an online ballot tracker.
All in-person early voting will happen at the Wayland Town Hall, 41 Cochituate Road, during these hours:
Aug. 22 — 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Aug. 23 — 8 a.m. to noon
Aug. 24 — 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Aug. 25 to 28 — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The primary will largely be an event for Democrats due to the race between U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III. Kennedy is seeking to unseat Markey to move from Congress to the Senate.
The rest of the Democratic ballot will have the following uncontested races:
U.S House
U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark
Second District Governor's Council
Robert Jubinville
State Senator — Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District
Rebecca Rausch
State Representative — 14th Norfolk District
Alice Hanlon Peisch
Register of Probate, Middlesex County
Tara DeCristofaro
Republicans in Wayland will have one race to decide between two men vying to face either Kennedy or Markey in the general election.
U.S. Senate
Shiva Ayyadurai
Kevin O'Connor
U.S. House
Caroline Colarusso
State Senator — Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District
Matthew Kelly
Neither the Green-Rainbow nor the Libertarian parties are running candidates in the primary.
This article originally appeared on the Wayland Patch