Election 2020: Marblehead Voter Guide

MARBLEHEAD, MA — The annual town election in Marblehead is scheduled for Tuesday, June 16.

Voters can cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. To help with social distancing, the town has changed polling places for this year's election:

• Voters in precincts 1 and 2 will vote at the Village School at 93 Village Street.
• Voters in precincts 3, 4 and 5 will vote at the Marblehead High School Field House at 2 Humphrey Street.
• Voters in precinct six will vote at their usual polling place at the Community Center at 10 Humphrey Street.

Questions? Call the town clerk at 781-631-0528.

There are three contested races in this year's election. Incumbent selectmen Jackie Belf-Becker, Moses Grader, Judy Jacobi and Jim Nye will be joined on the ballot by challengers Jim Zisson, who was on a Marblhead school building committee, and conservation commission member David Glen DePew. It's the first contested race for selectmen since 2017, when Bret Murphy did not run for reelection and Grader beat John Liming for the vacant seat.

In the other contested races, Emily Barron, Catherine Martin and incumbents Jennifer Schaeffner and Sarah Gould are running for the two school committee seats that are up for reelection. Incumbent light commissioner Michael Tumulty is being challenged by Lisa Wolf, who placed third when she ran against incumbents Michael Hull and Walter Homan last year.

You can view a specimen ballot showing all the races on the town's Website.