Rochdale, Massachusetts Public Records

Registration must be completed 20 days before any election, and voters need to provide either a driver's license or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Leicester conducts annual town elections each May for positions including Select Board members, School Committee members, Board of Assessors, and other town offices; Town Meeting, which serves as Leicester's legislative body, typically convenes in May and November to approve budgets, bylaws, and major expenditures. Residents vote at assigned polling locations in Leicester; specific polling places can be found at www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA or by calling the Town Clerk. Massachusetts does not hold U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Rochdale voters are published by the Massachusetts Elections Division (https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/). Public election records in Massachusetts include voter registration lists (available to candidates and political committees under 51, § 47), campaign finance reports searchable through the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (www.ocpf.us), and certified election results published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Absentee and mail-in ballots are available to any registered voter; applications can be submitted online at www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/vote-by-mail/vote-by-mail.htm or by contacting the Leicester Town Clerk. Early in-person voting is available for most elections during a designated period before Election Day at locations announced by the Town Clerk.