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Residents’ responses to Sudbury’s municipal census are due now, and a form sent with that census mailing will let registered voters apply for mail ballots. Sudbury also needs poll workers for this year’s elections.
The Town Clerk recently mailed the annual municipal census form to all Sudbury households. Under Massachusetts law, failure to return this census form can put all registered voters in a household on the inactive voter roll. If that happens, voters can still vote in the next election, but will have to sign an affidavit and show proof of residency at the polls before they can vote.
The Town Clerk has included 2026 mail ballot applications for up to three voters with the town census mailing. If voters checked a box on last year’s application for a mail ballot for all elections, that request expired on Dec. 31, 2025, so voters have to apply again for mail ballots for 2026.
If additional applications are needed, here is the link to download a mail ballot application. Voters can also apply for a mail ballot by using the Secretary of State’s online mail ballot application.
Applications are also available at the Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall. Completed, signed applications should be either mailed to the Town Clerk, 322 Concord Rd., Sudbury, MA 01776, scanned and sent by email to [email protected], faxed to the Town Clerk’s office, 978-639-3340, or delivered to the office in person.
On any version of the mail ballot application, voters can request a ballot for specific elections or request a mail ballot be sent for all elections in the calendar year. This year’s scheduled elections are the Sudbury Annual Town Election March 30, the Massachusetts state primary election Sept. 1, and the general election for state executives, state legislators, and senator and representatives in Congress Nov. 3.
The deadline to request a mail ballot application for the March 30 election is Monday, March 23, but applying sooner is strongly recommended to avoid any mail delays.
The Town Clerk has put out a call for people to serve as poll workers in 2026 elections. Poll workers are paid or can be volunteers. A description of the tasks and the shift hours is on the Clerk’s website here.
The application to be a poll worker is here.
