Appointment and Term of Office

Massachusetts General Laws require that in every city and town there exist a Board of Registrars consisting of the city or town clerk and three other persons who shall, in a city, be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the city council. 

Each member of the Board of Registrars, or a Registrar of Voters, is appointed for a three-year term. As nearly as possible the members of the board shall represent the two leading political parties. The Town Clerk need not be enrolled in a political party.

Current Registrars

Registrars assist the Town Clerk's office in promoting voter registration, maintaining voter registration, certifying signatures on nomination papers and petitions, issuing party enrollment certificates, certifying absentee voter applications, investigating challenges to local nomination papers, conducting recounts, assisting in the preparation of the street list, and being present at all elections as part of the reporting process.

Mass. General Laws, Chapter 51, Section 15