October 24, 2022

Dear Portland Voters,

In June 2021, Fourteen Percent (14%) of Registered Portland Voters voted. 
In November 2021, Thirty Four Percent (34%) of Registered Portland Voters cast a ballot. 

With everything that's on this November's ballot - Five (5) Citizen Initiatives and Eight (8) Charter Commission Recommendations - don't you want the outcome to reflect as many people's will as possible? 

I do. 

Democracy relies on an engaged electorate.
An engaged electorate votes! 

With this email I ask you to please make your November 2022 voting plan.
Here are your three options:

1) Vote early In-Person at City Hall

In-person absentee voting has begun - and is available to you M-F in the State of Maine Room, Second Floor of City Hall.
Hours M-F 8:30am to 4:30pm, and late on Wednesdays til 5:30pm. 
The last day for early in-person voting is Thursday, November 3rd - from 8:30am-7:00pm.

2) Vote early by way of an absentee ballot

The ballot will get mailed to your home. You can mail back (using two stamps!) -- or drop at one of two official Ballot Drop Boxes; one is at City Hall next to the Myrtle Street entrance, one is outside the Public Works Building on Canco Road.

There are three ways to request an absentee ballot:

• You can request an absentee ballot online
• You can call the City Clerk's office M-F from 8:30am to 4:30pm at 207-874-8677
• You can complete a November 8, 2022 absentee ballot application and submit it by
  • Mailing it to: City Clerk's Office 389 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101
  • Fax it to: 207-874-8612
  • Email it to: [email protected]

3) Wail until November 8th and cast your ballot at your polling location.

• Use the link below to plug in your address - so that you're sure to go to the right polling location:
  • https://www.maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php (Remember, Portland had to do some redistricting this past year - so, like me, your polling location may have changed!)
• The link below will take you to learn more about all precinct maps, and all polling locations. https://www.portlandmaine.gov/177/Polling-Places

We all care about outcomes. Let's care too about the number of voters contributing to outcomes!

Thanks for making your plan to vote,
Kate

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