Deadlines for Ward 3 Special Election Approaching

Register to Vote by Friday, February 17^th

Request Mail-In Ballots by Tuesday, February 21^st

New Bedford, Massachusetts– The Board of Election Commissioners advises the public that the deadlines to register to vote or request a mail-in/absentee ballot for the Ward 3 Special Election are approaching.

The registration deadline is Friday, February 17^th by 5 p.m. in the Election Office in City Hall at 133 Williams Street, Room 114. Office hours that day are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voters from Ward 3 must be registered by that day to be eligible to vote in the Special Election scheduled for February 28^th.

The deadline to request a Mail-In/Absentee ballot is February 21^st at 5 p.m. Applications can be located on the City of New Bedford Elections Commission Homepage, at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/Vote-by-Mail-Paper-Application-2023.pdf, or requested by emailing elections@newbedford-ma.gov.

Absentee ballots can be used in person at the Election Office through noon, Saturday, February 27^th. Also, absentee voting hours will be held on Saturday, February 25^th, from 9 a.m. to noon.

New Bedford Ward 3 voters will be casting their votes for nominees Shawn Oliver and Carmen F. Amaral for the remainder of former City Councilor Hugh Dunn’s term in the Special Election.