The Annual Town Meeting has been scheduled for Monday, June 22 at 6:45 pm.
The meeting location will remain at the Sippican Elementary School, 16 Spring Street. Due to the need for social distancing, chairs will be arranged seven feet apart in the multi-purpose room, cafeteria, and gymnasium. This configuration will seat approximately 170 residents. Couples and/or people sharing a household will not be required to sit seven feet apart.
The Tabor Academy field house will allow space for additional residents, if needed.
The town has established a reservation system for residents who plan to attend in person. Residents who RSVP to attend are encouraged to arrive early to facilitate check-in and get to an assigned chair in one of the designated rooms. All residents who register to attend must wear a face mask.
The multi-purpose room will be used to broadcast the meeting to the cafeteria and the gymnasium, as well as the Tabor field house if used, and to Zoom. Communication set up between the rooms will allow for questions.
Please RSVP by June 15, 2020, by emailing Debra Paiva at dpaiva@marionma.gov. If you are not able to email, you can make a reservation to attend by calling Debra Paiva at 508-748-3520. When making a reservation, please provide your address and telephone number and specify whether you wish to be seated singly or as a couple/members of the same household.
The Town Election is scheduled for Friday, June 26 at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, 465 Mill Street. The revised voting hours will be 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. Please visit www.MarionMA.gov to view a sample ballot.
Everyone is asked to bring their own black pen, mask, and gloves. Social distancing will limit the number of voters in the building to 10 at one time, and voting booths will be separated and cleaned after each use.
In an effort to encourage voting by mail, the Town Clerk has mailed each registered voter in town an Early Voting Ballot Application. Voters are encouraged to take advantage of the vote by mail option to reduce the potential voter interactions at the polls and potential wait times due to the limited number of voters allowed in the building at one time.
You have to be a registered voter in order to participate in the Annual Town Meeting and vote in the Annual Town Election. At this time, the Town House is closed to the public; however, you may register online here: www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr. If you would like to check the address, status or party on your voter registration, please go to: www.sec.state.ma.us/voterregistrationsearch.
Questions or concerns about early voting, voting applications, or ballots can be directed to Town Clerk Lissa Magauran at 508-748-3502 or LMagauran@MarionMA.gov.