VOTE BY MAIL APPLICATION AND BALLOT DEADLINES

PLEASE Note: Vote by mail ballots cannot be returned to the polling locations on Election Day.

Vote by Mail Applications

As required by the new law, a Vote by Mail application can be submitted by any Truro voter who had not already requested an Absentee ballot for the 2026 elections. You may drop off the application at the Town Clerk’s Office, or mail it. 

If you wish to vote by mail, you are strongly encouraged to return your application as early as possible to ensure that your ballot will count!

Applications require the voter’s signature and a phone number in the event of any questions. The signature must be visible and signed in substantially the same manner as a handwritten signature. This includes applications signed with a mouse, stylus, or finger. Applications with typed signatures or no signatures will not be accepted.

All vote by mail applications for the State Primary must be received in the Clerk’s Office, by 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. 

How to obtain Vote by Mail Application

To obtain a Vote By Mail Application, click here How to obtain Vote by Mail Application. You may also contact the Town Clerk at 508-214-0925 or email ntudor@truro-ma.gov and one will be sent to you.

How to return your vote by mail ballot

Once you receive your ballot, please return it as soon as possible to ensure that it arrives in time to be counted. Ballots CANNOT be returned to the polling location on Election Day.

Residents have three options to return a completed ballot:

1) Return by Mail 

A prepaid return ballot envelope that is addressed to the Town Clerk's Office is included in your vote by mail package. Place your ballot in the envelope, seal it, drop it in the mail.  

2) Return In-Person

You may return your vote by mail ballot in-person to the Town Clerk's Office, Truro Town Hall, 24 Town Hall Rd, Truro, MA. 

3) Use the Official Election Ballot Drop Box

Ballots can be dropped off in the secure official election drop boxes located in the front of Town Hall, 24 Town Hall Rd, Truro, MA. 

How is an early voter's ballot cast? 

All returned vote by mail ballots will be kept secured, unopened and unexamined in a fire-proof vault in the Town Hall until the day of the election. All ballots will be processed on election day at the polling location. Ballots received on election day will be delivered by police or Town clerk staff to the appropriate precinct and inserted into a tabulator at the polls on Election Day.

What if I registered to vote by mail but I did not return my ballot prior to election day?

Voters who receive a vote by mail ballot but do not return it prior to election day may appear to vote in person to cast a ballot on election day. Any voter that has returned a vote by mail ballot is not permitted to appear to vote in person on election day.

If I voted by mail can I vote in person on election day? 

Any voter that has returned a vote by mail ballot is not permitted to appear to vote in person on election day.

Vote By Mail FAQs