Franklin Matters: early voting

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Saturday, January 3, 2026

Legislative update - early voting cost coverage advances

Via Senator Becca Rausch:

Legislative update - early voting cost coverage advances

"My bill to proactively pay for early voting costs, rather than making towns and cities pay from their own budgets and then get reimbursed, has been reported favorably by the Committee on Election Laws.

There’s no need to continually burden local budgets when we could issue funds in advance."

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ABvthHGRd/

For other legislation Senator Rausch has filed, check the list

https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RLR0

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ???

Wednesday, October 29

Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser (order online for pickup Nov 25)

8am In Person Early Voting (Town Clerk's Office)

1pm Scribblers Writing Group (recording session) (Franklin Senior Center)

4pm Pumpkin Patch (St John's Episcopal Church)

Library & Senior Center events

For additional details on Library events -> https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today **

License to Store Propane Public Hearing

Wednesday, October 29 Time: 11:30 AM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292025-1979

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting

Wednesday, October 29 Time: 5:45 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292025-1964

Town Council Meeting

Wednesday, October 29 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292025-1978

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Find the full Community event calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

The Town meeting calendar is found https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 ???

Tuesday, October 28

Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser (order online for pickup Nov 25)

8:00am In Person Early Voting (Town Clerk's Office)

12:00pm Community Closet (Franklin United Methodist Church)

Library & Senior Center events

2:30pm Rainbow Cafe (Franklin Senior Center)

4:00pm Pumpkin Patch (St John's Episcopal Church)

7:00pm Understanding Antisemitism in 2025 - A Panel Discussion (Franklin High School)

For additional details on Library events -> https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today **

Hennep Community Outreach Meeting Notice

Tuesday, October 28 Time: 5:30 PM

https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-1946

Franklin School Committee Budget Sub Committee Meeting

Tuesday, October 28 Time: 6:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-1965

Design Review Meeting

Tuesday, October 28 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-1976

Franklin School Committee Meeting

Tuesday, October 28 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-1977

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Find the full Community event calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

Monday, October 27, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Monday, October 27, 2025 ???

Monday, October 27

Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser (order online for pickup Nov 25)

8am In Person Early Voting (Town Clerk's Office)

4pm Pumpkin Patch (St John's Episcopal Church)

For additional details on Library events -> https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

Library & Senior Center events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** Town Meetings today **

CANCELED: Police Station Building Committee - to be rescheduled

Monday, October 27 Time: 6:00 PM

Franklin Cultural Council

Monday, October 27 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10272025-1969

Franklin Agricultural Commission

Monday, October 27 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10272025-1970

Library Board of Directors Regular meeting

Monday, October 27 Time: 7:00 PM

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Search/?term=&CIDs=all&startDate=10/27/2025&endDate=10/31/2025&dateRange=&dateSelector=

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Find the full Community event calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 ??

What's happening in Franklin, MA

Tuesday, October 21

8:00am In Person Early Voting (Town Clerk's Office)

12:00pm Community Closet (Franklin United Methodist Church)

4:00pm Pumpkin Patch (St John's Episcopal Church)

Library & Senior Center events

6:00pm Table Top (Franklin Public Library)

For additional details on Library events -> https://www.franklinma.gov/942/Calendar-of-Events

For additional details on Senior Center events ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false

** NO Town Meetings today **

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Find the full Community event calendar https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

Friday, October 17, 2025

Early voting begins Friday, October 17 !!!

Early voting begins Friday, October 17!

Early voting for the November 4th Biennial Town Election begins October 17th at 8:00 AM in the Town Clerk's Office.

Click here for the full early voting schedule.

https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6841/In-Person-Early-Voting-Hours

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Early voting is increasing per USA Facts

Per email from Franklin's Town Clerk Nancy Danello, the ballots for the Nov 4 biennial election were received on Monday, Oct 6 and turned around to be mailed to the 400+ voters who requested mail ballots. Early voting begins in the Town Clerk's office on Friday, October 17.

To see this come across the news feed was timely and share worthy.

via USA Facts:

Early voting is increasing per USA Facts

Do early and mail-in ballots really make a difference?

Well, in 2024, early and mail-in ballots accounted for nearly 60% of all votes — that’s up from about 50% in 2022.

29% voted by mail
30.7% voted early in person
Only 39.6% voted at the polls on Election Day

Let’s dig deeper:️

Mail-in voting is most popular in the West
Early in-person voting dominates in the South

And who’s most likely to vote early or by mail?

Voters 65+: 36.8% voted by mail
Asian voters had the highest mail-in rate
Black voters led in early in-person turnout
Naturalized citizens were nearly 8 points more likely to vote by mail than native-born citizens

Shared from -> https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-voters-cast-ballots-early-and-by-mail/

Charts shared from -> https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRSEJ5FdMG/