North Hatfield, Massachusetts Public Records

The registration deadline falls 20 days before any election. Massachusetts doesn't require party registration except for those wishing to participate in party primaries. Voters need to provide their Massachusetts driver's license or state ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Residents participate in Hatfield town elections, typically held annually in May, when they elect the Select Board, School Committee members, and other town officials, and vote on town budget matters at Annual Town Meeting. The next town election is scheduled for May 2026. Polling place information for local voters can be found through the Secretary of the Commonwealth's polling place locator at www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA or by contacting the Town Clerk. Absentee voting, called early voting in Massachusetts, is available for all voters starting 17 days before any biennial state election, with in-person early voting locations published by the town clerk. Mail-in absentee ballots can be requested through www.sec.state.ma.us/ele or from the town clerk directly. Election records that are public in Massachusetts include voter registration lists (available for political purposes with restrictions on commercial use), campaign finance reports filed with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance at www.ocpf.us, candidate nomination papers and financial disclosures, and certified election results by precinct available from the Secretary of the Commonwealth and local town clerks. The state maintains detailed precinct-level results for all elections, published online by the Elections Division at www.sec.state.ma.us/ele.