Important 2024 Chilmark Annual Town Meeting & Annual Town Election Information and Dates

The Chilmark Annual Town Meeting and Annual Town Election will occur on the following dates in April:

Annual Town Meeting:

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 7:00PM at the Chilmark Community Center, 520 South Road, Chilmark, MA 02535

Annual Town Election:

Wednesday, April 24, 2024,  polls open 12NOON to 8PM, at the Chilmark Community Center, 520 South Road, Chilmark, MA 02535

The Last Day to Register to Vote or change your voter registration information, in order to vote at the Annual Town Meeting and Election, is Saturday, April 13, 2024. Check to confirm your voter registration information HERE. In person registration on the last day to register (April 13) is from 9-11AM and 3-5PM, at the Chilmark Town Hall, 401 Middle Road. You may also register to vote or change your voter registration online by following the link HERE.

EARLY Vote By Mail (VBM) IS AVAILABLE TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS for the Annual Town Election. To access a mailed ballot application please go HERE. You may mail, email or drop off the application at Town Hall to the Clerk Dept.. Paper applications are also available at the Town Hall.

Mail to: Chilmark Town Clerk, P.O. Box 119, Chilmark, MA 02535

Email a scan of the application to: townclerk@chilmarkma.gov

Drop off application at: 401 Middle Road, Chilmark, MA 02535

Please go HERE to apply to Vote By Mail through an ONLINE module. This online application does not allow a voter to choose just the local election on April 24, 2024. In order to use the online application and receive a mailed ballot for the town election you must select ALL ELECTIONS.

The deadline for receipt of a VBM or mailed Absentee Ballot application, to apply to be mailed an Annual Town Election ballot, is April 17, 2024, 5PM.

You may write a signed letter to your local election office to apply for your mailed ballot and send via email or regular mail or drop off at Town Hall.

VBM applications may be submitted by mail (Chilmark Town Clerk, P.O. Box 119, Chilmark, MA 02535), email (townclerk@chilmarkma.gov), fax (508-645-2110), in-person or into either of the two Town Hall building drop boxes, and they must include a signature that can be compared to your hand-written signature. Electronic signatures, scanned applications, and photos of applications are acceptable.

Mailed Ballot applications that are submitted are processed promptly and the ballot is usually mailed by the end of the next business day. Track your mailed ballot HERE.

Ballots must be returned by 8:00PM on April 24, 2024 to be counted:

By mail: Chilmark Town Clerk, P.O. Box 119, Chilmark, MA 02535 using the enclosed white mailing envelope that is pre-addressed and prepaid

Into the Dropboxes or In Person: 401 Middle Road, Chilmark, MA 02535

The April 24, 2024 Chilmark Annual Town Election Specimen Ballot is available to view HERE.