Over the next few weeks, Havard citizens will be asked to do their civic duty and exercise the powers granted by our democracy, powers on which it depends.
First up are a Super Town Meeting and a Special Town Meeting that will convene one after the other on the evening of Oct. 24 in Cronin Auditorium at the Bromfield School. Then comes the state election on Nov. 8 where we will elect not only our next President but also our representatives to Congress and the state Legislature. Voters that day will also decide the fate of four referendum questions.
To take part in either, you need to be a registered voter. Are you? You can find out by going to this week’s Notice Board on page 6 and using your smartphone to scan the QR code printed there or by going directly to the secretary of state’s website and clicking on “Am I Registered to Vote?” If you find you are not registered, you can register online if you have a valid driver’s license. Or you can head to Town Hall and register in person with Town Clerk Janet Vellante. The deadline for registering for the back-to-back town meetings is Friday, Oct. 14, when Town Hall will be open from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. The deadline to register in time to vote in the Nov. 8 election is Wednesday, Oct. 19; Town Hall will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. that day.
Advocates for the nine articles that will be voted on at the Super and Special Town Meetings will present their cases at an Oct. 17 forum being hosted by the League of Women Voters of Harvard in Volunteers Hall. And the Press will publish its “Warrants in Plain English” in next week’s Oct. 21 issue, along with more detailed analysis of the less easily understood articles to be considered.
We urge our readers to confirm their status as voters, to register if they have not already done so, and to come to the Oct. 24 meetings prepared to debate and act on the proposals our government has put before us.
