Natick’s Annual Town Election will take place on Tuesday, March 28. Here is Natick Report’s guide on all you need to know about exercising your right to vote, if you haven’t already done so.
Ways to cast your vote in Natick
Vote in person at the polls
The polls will be open for in-person voting 7am-8pm.
Here is a link for a sample ballot for each precinct.
Don’t know which precinct you’re in? Here’s how to find out where to vote in Natick, Massachusetts.
Precinct 1: Kennedy Middle School, 165 Mill St.
Precinct 2: Kennedy Middle School, 165 Mill St.
Precinct 3: Kennedy Middle School, 165 Mill St.
Precinct 4: Wilson Middle School, 22 Rutledge Rd.
Precinct 5: Wilson Middle School, 22 Rutledge Rd.
Precinct 6: Lilja School, 41 Bacon St.
Precinct 7: Community Senior Center, 117 East Central St.
Precinct 8: Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central St.
Precinct 9: Community Senior Center, 117 East Central St.
Precinct 10: Community Senior Center, 117 East Central St.
Vote by mail
Completed mail-in ballots must be RECEIVED by Town Hall no later than 8pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. They may be brought to the Town Clerk’s office or to the drop box outside of Natick Town Hall, 13 E. Central St. Vote by Mail ballots may NOT be dropped off at polling locations.
Note: applications to vote by mail are no longer being accepted. (The last day to get an application to the Town Clerk was five business days before the election.)
Contested races
Names are listed in the order on which they appear on the ballot.
Select Board—4 candidates, for 2 openings (3-year terms)
Richard Sidney, candidate for re-election
Kat Monahan
Kristen Pope
Roger Scott
School Committee—4 candidates, for 2 openings (3-year terms)
Donna McKenzie, candidate for re-election
Matthew Brand
Kate Flathers
Leigh Hallisey
Morse Institute Library Trustees 6 candidates, for 5 openings (5-year terms)
Kathleen Donovan (candidate for re-election)
Carol Gloff (candidate for re-election)
Gerald Mazor (candidate for re-election)
Sally McCoubrey (candidate for re-election)
Thomas Hourihan
Anna McMahan
Uncontested races
Names are listed in the order on which they appear on the ballot.
Planning Board (1 for 5-year term)
Teresa Evans (candidate for re-election)
Recreation and Parks Commission (2 for 3-year terms)
Barbara Fahey Sanchez (candidate for re-election)
Board of Assessors (1 for 3-year term)
Wendy J. Curran-Elassy
Board of Health (1 for 3-year term)
Karla Hope Sangrey (candidate for re-election)
Natick Housing Authority (1 for 5-year term)
David Ciminelli
Natick Housing Authority (1 for 3-year term)
No candidate will appear on the ballot
Constable (2 for 2-year terms)
No candidate will appear on the ballot
Q & A posts
The candidates running for Select Board and School Committee—both are contested races—took the time to answer questions from Natick Report. For your convenience, below is a round-up of the candidates’ Q&A posts.
Don’t forget the ballot question
There is 1 question on the ballot, regarding amendment of the Natick Home Rule Charter to change the Natick Town Clerk position from elected to appointed.
The way to this ballot question was paved at the last Fall Annual Town Meeting.
Town meeting
Town meeting is the legislative branch of Natick’s government—the body with the power of the purse and the power to make laws. Town Meeting consisting of 180 members, with 18 representatives from each of Natick’s ten precincts. Members are elected to three-year staggered terms.
In the 2023 election, Precincts 4, 6, and 10 are contested races. The names of those running can be seen on the sample ballots.
If you have any election/voting questions, please call the Town Clerk’s Office at 508-647-6430, ext. 4
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