Almost 17% of Framingham registered voters have already cast ballots in the 2026 election, according to data released by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office this afternoon. That includes both vote-by-mail and in-person early voting.
Unfortunately, I don’t have data for a similar time period in prior years, so I can’t see how Framingham’s 16.8% turnout eight days before Election Day compares with 2022 or 2024. State-wide, 14.3% of registered voters have submitted ballots to date.
The data for Framingham show 6,058 mail-in ballots have been returned – 55.5% of those that were requested. And 1,160 people have early voted in person.
There are 42,843 registered voters in the city, based on the latest information in the state database.
There are four more days left for in-person early voting. McAuliffe Library hours are this Tuesday to Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm and Friday 10 am to noon. City Hall early voting hours are this Tuesday 8:30 am to 7 pm, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 am to 5 pm; and Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Polls are open on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3 from 7 am to 8 pm. You can check your polling location at the Secretary of State’s website.
Tomorrow, Oct. 27, is the last day to request a mail-in ballot for the Nov 3 election – and you can return those ballots at the McAuliffe Library dropbox, so you don’t have to rely on postal mail to get them back by Election Day. If that ballot doesn’t come in time, you can still opt to vote in person.
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