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Moderator, Ed Newman
Town Clerk, Linda Hathaway
978-897-4514 x 1
Address:
Town Building
380 Great Road
Stow, MA 01775
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Town Clerk's Office Hours
Monday -Thursday 8 am - 4 pm
Closed for lunch 12:30 -1 pm daily
Click here for the May 12, 2009 Annual Town Election Results.


The 2009 Annual Town Meeting finished acting upon warrant articles 1- 61 on Monday, May 4th.

The Annual Town Election (article 62) is May 12th. Polls open 7 am - 8 pm. Hale School, 55 Hartley Road.


Town Meeting Trivia.....
This is the second year in recent memory that town meeting finished in one night.
The first year was in 2006.

In 2009, 184 voters attended.
In 2006, 199 voters attended.

Click here for the 2009 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
Results Stow 2009 Annual Town Meeting
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2009 Election Calendar

April 14,
8 p.m.
Last day to register to vote.
The Town Clerk's office will be open extended hours on the 14th to register voters.  Voters may also register to vote by mail . Voter registrarion forms may be obtain at the Town Clerk's office, Stow Post Office or the Randall Library.
May 4, 2009
7 p.m.
Annual Town Meeting Convenes Hale School
Click here for the 2009 Annual Town Meeting Warrant  
May 12, 2009
Annual Town  Election - Hale School
Polls are open 7 a,m - 8 p.m.
Please note: Effective July 10, 2007, the polling location for ALL Stow voters is the Hale Middle Sc hool Gymnasium, 55 Hartley Road.

OFFICES TO BE ELECTED AT THE MAY 2009 ANNUAL ELECTION ARE:
Board of Selectmen –two– three year term;
Planning Board- one – five year term;
Board of Assessors – one – three year term;
Board of Health- one- three year term;
Trustee, Randall Library Funds – two – three year term;
Nashoba Regional School District Committee- one – three year term
Stow Housing Authority – one- five year term;
Stow Housing Authority – one – three year term  

The following are candidates on the May 12, 2009 ballot:
Selectmen (elect 2) - Tom Ruggiero, Laura Spear
Assessor (elect 1) - John Bolton
Board of Health (elect 1) - Marcia Rising, Theresa O'Riorden
NRSD Committee (elect 1) - Maureen Busch
Planning Board (elect 1) - Lori Clark , Janet Stiles
Trustees, Randall Library (elect 2)- Harry Donahue, Janet Epstein
Stow Housing Authority (elect 1)-  (5 yr) - Bob Larkin
Stow Housing Authority (elect 1) - (3 yr) - vacancy - unexpired term
                                                        

                                                        
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ABSENTEE BALLOT INFORMATION
Absentee ballots for the May 12th annual town election are available after April 21, 2009  for registered voters who are unable to vote at the polls on September 16th due to:
absence from town between 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day;
a physical disability preventing the voter from going to the polling place.

Please contact the Town Clerk to have an absentee ballot application mailed to you, stop by the Town Clerk’s office to fill out the form or download the form. Click here for the form
The absentee application must be received by noon on Monday, May 11th. Once the application is received the absentee ballot may be voted in the Town Clerk’s office or mailed to the voter.  If the absentee ballot is to be mailed, be sure to allow enough time to return the absentee ballot prior to the close of polls on election day.

Please contact the Town Clerk’s office for more information. 978-897-4514 x 1.
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VOTER REGISTRATION  
April 14, 2009  is the last day to register to vote for the annual town meeting and annual town election or to make a change in party enrollment.  The Board of Registrars of Voters will be at the Town Clerk’s office until 8 p.m. on the 14th to register voters.  Residents may also register to vote in person at the Town Clerk’s office Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by mail.

Mail-in voter registration forms may be obtained at the Randall Library, the Stow Post Office, the Town Building or call the Town Clerk’s Office at 978-897-4514 x 1 to request a voter registration form be mailed to you.

Voter Registration forms are also used to make address changes and political party changes. Be sure to complete a form if new to town or moved to a new address within town. Call the office if there are any questions about voter registration or voter status.

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