From the Town Clerk…

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

The Presidential Primary will be held on March 5, 2024. By the time this edition of the Bellingham Bulletin is received, In-Person Early Voting for the Primary will be all but over, as there is only one day of Early Voting in March (see below). 

Important dates remaining relative to the Primary are as follows:

March 1, 2024 5:00 p.m. Last Day of In-Person Early Voting

March 4, 2024 4:30 p.m. Last Day to Apply for Absentee Ballot

March 4, 2024 Noon Last Day for In-Office Voting

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 7 a.m.-8 p.m. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (BHS GYM)

Local Election Calendar

As you may know, the date for our Local Town Election has changed as prescribed by a bylaw change approved by Town Meeting. Beginning in 2024, our local election will take place the 

first Tuesday in June. This year, it falls on June 4th. The calendar for the Local Election is as follows:

March 13, 2024 8:30 a.m. Obtain Blank Nomination Papers form

Town Clerk, FIRST DAY

April 17, 2024 5:00 p.m. LAST DAY to Obtain Nomination Papers;

ALL Nomination Papers Must be Returned

April 24, 2024 4:30 p.m. Nomination Papers Submitted to Board of

Registrars (by Town Clerk)

April 29, 2024 4:30 p.m. Nomination Papers Filed with Town Clerk

May 1, 2024 5:00 p.m. Withdrawal of, and/or objections to, 

Nominations, LAST DAY

May 17, 2024 4:40 p.m. 1st OCPF Report Due Covering March 13 

through May 16, 2024

May 28, 2024 8:00PM Last Day to Register to Vote 

Prior to Local Town Election.

TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION (BHS GYM)

June 30, 2024 Final OCPF Report Due Covering  May 16 Through June 30, 2024.

• More information to come after Select Board decisions (Public Hearing) relative to Early Voting and Mail-In Voting.

TOWN OFFICES TO BE ELECTED

Select Board (for 3 years) Two (2) to be Elected

Michael J. Connor (I)

Ann L. Odabashian (I)

Select Board (for 2 years) One (1) to be Elected

Open Seat

Library Trustee (for 3 years) Two (2) to be Elected

Carol Bird (I)

Suzanne Garten (I)

Planning Board (for 3 years) Two to be Elected

Brian Salisbury (I)

Dennis J. Trebino (I)

School Committee (for 3 years) Two to be Elected

Mark J. Flannery (I)

Erik Ormberg (I)

Housing Authority (for 5 years) Two to be Elected

Debra Sacco (I)

Christopher Remillard (I)

OTHER 2024 ELECTIONS

More information to follow on the two other elections to be held in 2024. Dates below:

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 STATE PRIMARY

NOVEMBER 5, 2024 STATE/PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION