Everett voter guide: Nov. 3 polling places and 9 ballot questions

Everett’s polls are open Tuesday, November 3, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The ballot is three pages long, and the city’s one repeated warning is to put all three in the box even if you skip a race or a question. In-person early voting ended Thursday. Mail ballots can still go in the drop box at City Hall, 484 Broadway, until the polls close.

City Clerk Sergio Cornelio told the Everett Independent he expects roughly 7,500 to 8,000 of the city’s 25,700 registered voters to turn out, driven by the governor’s race and the Senate race.

Where to vote

Your precinct is printed on your voter registration card, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s “Where do I vote?” lookup at sec.state.ma.us will find it from your address.

Ward 1: Precincts 1 and 2, Connolly Center, 90 Chelsea St. Precincts 3 and 3A, Whittier School, 337 Broadway.
Ward 2: Precincts 1, 2 and 2A, Keverian School, 20 Nichols St. Precinct 3, Parlin School, 587 Broadway.
Ward 3: Precinct 1, Community Center, 21 Whittier Dr. Precincts 2 and 3, Rec Center, 47 Elm St.
Ward 4: Precincts 1 and 3, Lafayette School, Bryant Street entrance. Precinct 2, Glendale Towers, 381 Ferry St.
Ward 5: Precinct 1, Madeline English School, 105 Woodville St. Precinct 2, City Hall, Keverian Room. Precinct 3, Parlin School, 587 Broadway.
Ward 6: Precinct 1, Madeline English School, 105 Woodville St. Precinct 2, Parlin Library, 410 Broadway. Precinct 3, City Services, 19 Norman St.

The races

Governor: Maura Healey, the Democratic incumbent, against Republican Mike Minogue. U.S. Senate: Edward J. Markey against Republican John Deaton. Everything else on an Everett ballot is unopposed: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Governor’s Councilor Terrence Kennedy, state Senator Sal DiDomenico, and state Representatives Joseph McGonagle, Dan Ryan and Judith Garcia, depending on which part of the city you live in.

The nine questions

All nine are binding statewide. The summaries below follow the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s official language. No non-binding local question appears on Everett ballots this year.

Public records. Yes makes most records of the Legislature and the governor’s office public records under the state public records law, with exceptions for policy drafts and constituent casework. No leaves the law as is.
Public defenders’ union. Yes lets employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the state’s public defender agency, form a union and bargain collectively. No changes nothing.
All-party primary. Yes ends separate party primaries for state offices and puts every candidate on one primary ballot, with the top two advancing to November regardless of party. No keeps party primaries.
Election Day registration. Yes lets eligible residents register, or update their address, at their polling place on Election Day with proof of residency, starting in 2028. No keeps the current registration deadline.
State tax cap. Yes ties the limit on state revenue to the prior year’s collections plus average wage growth, and refunds anything above the limit to taxpayers. No leaves the current limit in place.
Nature for All Fund. Yes creates a conservation fund that receives a share, and eventually all, of the sales tax on sporting goods, recreational vehicles and golf courses, subject to appropriation. No does not create the fund.
Starter homes. Yes allows a single-family home on any residential lot of at least 5,000 square feet with 50 feet of frontage and public water and sewer, with local control over height, setbacks, parking and short-term rentals. No changes nothing.
Marijuana repeal. Yes repeals the laws that legalize, regulate and tax retail recreational marijuana, keeps possession of one ounce or less legal for adults, and leaves medical dispensaries in place. No keeps the current law.
The 2024 gun law. This one is a referendum on a law already in effect, so the choices run the other way. Yes keeps the 2024 law, which added ghost gun serial-number rules, expanded red-flag petitions and tightened licensing. No repeals it.