Voting In Wayland: Polls Now Open

Neal McNamara
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WAYLAND, MA — Election Day in Wayland is here, even though voting has been going on for weeks in what is shaping up to be a historic election.

In addition to the presidential and congressional races, there are several key races at the state and local level, plus two ballot questions. Voting will be different this year thanks to rules approved to expand early and mail-in voting in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

There are several ways residents can vote:

Mail-In Voting

Ballots can be returned by mail, emailed, faxed or returned by hand to the clerk’s office. They can also be returned to the drop boxes located at the public safety building, 38 Cochituate Road, and in the vestibule at the town building, 41 Cochituate Road.

Mail-in ballots need to be postmarked by Nov. 3 and returned to the local election office no later than Nov. 6.

Regular voting

Polls in Massachusetts are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. You can also use the Secretary of State’s website to find your polling place.

The following are the key contested races that will be on the ballot for Wayland voters:

President/Vice President

  • Joe Biden/Kamala Harris (D)

  • (i) Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)

5th Congressional District

  • (i) U.S. Rep. Katharine Clark (D)

  • Caroline Colarusso (R)

U.S. Senate

  • (i) Edward Markey (D)

  • Kevin O'Connor (R)

  • Andre Gray (Green)

  • Frederick Mayock (I)

Ballot Questions

Question 1: "Right To Repair" Vehicle Access Requirement Initiative
Yes: A yes vote would require carmakers to expand access to mechanical data for all cars sold in Massachusetts beginning with model year 2022.
No: A no vote leaves the 2013 right-to-repair law unchanged.

Question 2: Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative
Yes: A yes vote favors adopting a system gives voters the option of ranking candidates on their ballot in order of preference, as opposed to selecting just one. And if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of first-choice votes, the candidate with the least first-choice votes is eliminated, and the voters who preferred that candidate have their votes reallocated based on their second choices. Then the ballots are recounted and the process is repeated until one candidate breaks the 50 percent threshold.
No: A no vote keeps the current system in place.

Massachusetts State Senate

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District

  • (i) Rebecca Rausch (D)

  • Matthew Kelly (R)

Massachusetts House of Representatives

13th Middlesex District (precinct 1 to 3 only)

14th Norfolk District (precinct 4 only)

  • (i) Alice Peisch (D)

This article originally appeared on the Wayland Patch