Nomination Papers Available
Nomination papers for next year’s Annual Town Election are available at the Town Clerk’s office for interested parties.
February 12, 2025 at 5PM is the deadline for requesting papers.
The Annual Town Election is scheduled for April 7, 2025.
All elected boards have seats up for election, including: one seat on the Select Board, with Stasia Powers up for reelction; School Committee, with Erik Andersen and Brendalee Smith up for reelection; Planning Board, with Cathy Melanson and Rick Trapilo up for reelection; Board of Public Works, with Anne Morton Smith up for reelection; Board of Health, with appointed member, Brian Meneses’s, term ending; Housing Authority, with Ronnie Manzone up for reelection; Town Clerk, with Interim TC, Elisabeth Horan’s term ending; Commissioner of Trust Funds, with Barabara Acksen up for reelection.
As of press time, Ms. Horan, Interim Town Clerk, had taken out papers and returned them; School Committee incumbents Erik Andersen and Brendalee Smith have taken out papes but had not returned them.
Candidates for townwide office must collect 50 certified signatures from registered voters. Town Meeting candidates must get 10 certified signatures from their precincts only.
Important Dates
The Town Clerk’s office will be open until 5 p.m. on the following deadline dates.
Last day to request papers is 2/12/25.
Last day to file papers with the Town Clerk’s office is 2/14/25.
Last day for Town Meeting incumbents to file written request for re-election with the Town Clerk is 2/14/24/
Last day register to vote for the 4/7/25 annual town election is 3/5/25.
The polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day. All precincts vote at the Fairhaven Recreatioin Center, 227 Huttleston Avenue.
You may register to vote for the Annual Town Election Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm—until Friday, March 28 at 5pm. Mail-in Voter Registration Forms are available at the Town Clerk’s Office, the Millicent Library and State and Federal offices.
For more information, contact the Fairhaven Town Clerk’s Office at (508) 979-4023 ext. 3.
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