Advance removal and depositing of mail-in voted ballots

Please take notice that the City of Boston will be removing Municipal Election mail-in voting ballots for partial precincts from their envelopes and depositing these ballots into a tabulator in the Iannella Chamber, City Hall, located at One City Hall Square, Room 550, Boston, MA 02201. The Iannella Chamber shall remain open until close of the polls on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Only mail-in ballots received prior to Tuesday, November 2, 2021, will be removed and deposited in the Iannella Chamber.

Advance processing and removal will take place on:

• Tuesday, November 2, from 7 a.m. until completed

This process will be open for public observation. Due to COVID-19, the number of observers permitted in the Iannella Chamber may be limited. 

**Partial being described as only precincts containing a large number of ballots. All other ballots will be processed at the respective precincts.

****The Election Department reserves the right to make adjustments, as necessary, to the list of precincts to be processed at the Central Tabulation Facility.