Tuesday is Election Day. The polls in Lynn, Peabody, Salem, Saugus and other communities across the state close at 8 p.m. Your vote matters. Go and vote.
Poll locations are listed on city and town websites and casting a ballot only takes a few minutes.
Every vote counts. Only a handful of votes — sometimes only one — separate election losers from winners. If you don’t think your vote matters, then talk to someone running for office in your city or town today and ask them how important it is for them to get their supporters to the polls.
Voting matters and the results of votes cast today determine who makes decisions about how millions of dollars in taxpayer money gets spent in local communities. Voters today pick the people who are authorized to hire and fire school superintendents. They will choose the people who will make decisions on how much money gets spent on public safety and other municipal services.
In Lynn, for the first time since 1999, an incumbent mayor’s name will not be on the ballot. The differences between mayoral candidates Darren Cyr and Jared Nicholson could not be more stark. They have clearly staked out their perspectives on the challenges facing Lynn and their priorities for addressing the city’s needs in public debates detailed in The Item’s election coverage.
Lynn voters also have clear choices between incumbents and challengers in deciding who will represent them on the City Council and the School Committee, where at least three of the six committee seats will be filled by newcomers.
Peabody’s Election Day focus will be on the Wards 2, 3, 4 and 5 council races, where challengers hope to unseat incumbents.
The race for mayor also dominates Election Day in Salem with Mayor Kimberley Driscoll facing challenger and Councilor Stephen Dibble. Ten Board of Selectmen candidates are on the ballot in Saugus and seven candidates are running for five Saugus School Committee seats.
Your vote matters. Go make it count.
