Vote in the primaries on March 3 (or earlier)

Feb 26, 2020

Wareham voters will head to the polls  on Tuesday, March 3, to help select candidates for next November’s presidential election.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Early voting will be available from February 24 to 28 at the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall, 54 Marion Road. The Town Clerk’s Office is open from 8:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and from 8:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., people can vote in the auditorium at town hall.

Each voter will be given a ballot for the party in which he or she is registered. Voters with no registered party affiliation will be able to select the contest in which to participate and change their status back to “unenrolled” when leaving the polling place.

On the ballot in the hard-fought Democratic primary are active presidential candidates:

— Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren

— Former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

— Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders

— Former Vice President Joe Biden

— Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard

Also appearing on the ballot will be candidates who have already dropped out of the race: 

— Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar

— Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg

— California businessman Tom Steyer

— Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick

— Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet

— New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker

— Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro

— Former Maryland Congressman John K. Delaney

— Entrepreneur Andrew Yang

— Author Marianne Williamson.

On the Republican ballot are:

— President Donald J. Trump

— Former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld

— California businessman Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente

— Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, who has dropped out of the race

Vying for the Green-Rainbow Party nomination are: 

— Lawyer and Rabbi Dario Hunter

— Activist and anti-capitalist Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry

— Climate change activist Kent Mesplay, and 

— Co-founder of the Green Party Howard Hawkins

The Libertarian ballot includes a number of candidates: 

— Anarcho-capitalist and opponent of public schools Arvin Vohra

— Performance artist and activist Vermin Love Supreme

— Lawyer Jacob George Hornberger

— Software engineer and Sunday School teacher Samuel Joseph Robb

— Software engineer Dan Taxation Is Theft Behrman

— Kimberly Margaret Ruff, who advocates shrinking the federal government

— Former Coast Guard Officer Kenneth Reed Armstrong

— Adam Kokesh, who wants an “orderly dissolution of the federal government”

— Psychology professor Jo Jorgensen

— Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Max Abramson

Precinct one votes at Town Hall, 54 Marion Road. Precincts two and three vote at the Ethel E. Hammond School, 13 Highland Ave. Precincts four and five vote at the Decas School, 760 Main St. Precinct six votes at the East Wareham Fire Station, 281 Glen Charlie Rd.

Those unsure of their precinct can find out at www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/bal/myelectioninfo.aspx.

Update: Former Mayor Pete Buttigeig, California businessman Tom Steyer, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar have dropped out of the Democratic race.