2024 Presidential Primary Information: Ballots Have Other Races, See Where to Vote – Watertown News

Watertown voters can cast their votes in the Presidential Primary on Tuesday, March 5, but the ballot includes some local officials, too.

The Presidential Primaries are Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. To confirm your precinct location, please go to theSecretary of States Where Do I Vote webpage.

Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarian voters have multiple candidates to choose from for the Massachusetts Presidential Primary. Unenrolled voters can choose which partys ballot to cast their votes.

President Joe Biden has two challengers on the Democratic ballot: Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson.

Several names appear on the GOP ballot, but only Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are actively campaigning. Chris Christie, Ryan Binkley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Asa Hutchinson, and Ron DeSantis have suspended their campaigns.

The Libertarian Party has several candidates: Jacob Hornberger, Michael Rectenwald, Chase Oliver, Michael ter Maat, and Lars Mapstead.

Democrats and Republicans can also cast their vote for local candidates.

Each partys state committee is allowed to elect one man and one woman from each of the Commonwealths 40 state senate districts. According to the Secretary of the Commonwealths website, members of the state committee work to: promote the aims of the party Work in cooperation with the national party committee and with ward and town committees, and Organize and work for the nomination and election of party candidates.

The Republicans have contested races for State Committeeman and State Commiteewoman. John Hickey of Boston faces John Umina of Belmont for State Committeeman, and Catherine Umina of Belmont is running against Eva Webster of Boston for State Committeewoman.

The Democratic candidates, Steve Owens and Jessica Nahigian, are running unopposed. There are no candidates on the Libertarian ballot.

The Dems ballot also includes candidates for Town Democratic Committee. Town committees range in size from 3-35 elected members. Their duties include: representing their party at the local and neighborhood level, promoting the objectives of the party, and working for the nomination and election of party candidates, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Watertowns Town Democratic Committee has 35 members. There are no candidates on Republican and Libertarian ballots.

If you have questions, please contact the City Clerks Office at 617-715-8686.

See the Precinct map (PDF)

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