Voter Registration

Voter registration has never been easier!   The quickest way to register to vote is either online at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ or you may visit the Town Clerk's Office in Swampscott Town Hall to complete a voter registration form in person. Mail-in forms are available on the SEC'S website or at the Town Clerk's Office.  

In addition, the state registries of motor vehicles, social service agencies and military recruitment offices provide voter registration services. Visit the State registration website.

Any person who is a Massachusetts resident, a United States citizen and will be eighteen years old by the next election is eligible to register to vote. You do not need a drivers license or any other form of identification to register. However, when you sign the registration form, you must attest, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that you are legally eligible to register and that the information you provide is accurate and truthful. The penalty for fraudulent registration increased recently to a fine of ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for up to five years, or both. 

When you register, you may choose to become a member of a political party, select a designation for a political organization which has not achieved party status in the state or choose to become an "unenrolled" voter (commonly referred to as "independent"). Remember that if you register in a party or select a political organization designation, in a primary election you only may receive a ballot for that party. Unenrolled voters may request any ballot in a primary election. 

You will remain on the list of voters so long as you vote regularly and complete and return the annual municipal census. If you move to another city or town, you must re-register in your new community.