Melrose 2023 Voter Guide: Municipal Election Is Tuesday

MELROSE, MA — The City of Melrose's Municipal Election is on Tuesday.

The offices on the ballot will be: Mayor, Councilor-At-Large, Councilor in Wards 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7, and School Committee.

There are sample ballots for each of the city's 7 wards are available online.

Candidate profiles: Patch sent every candidate a questionnaire. Below are the questionnaires that have been filled out and returned.

• Monica Medeiros Solano For Mayor
• Jen Grigoraitis For Mayor
• Ed O'Connell For City Council, at-large
• Ward Hamilton For City Council, at-large
• Leila Migliorelli For City Council, at-large
• Maria Berardi For City Council, at-large
• Christopher Sullivan For City Council, at-large
• Paul Schille For City Council, at-large
• Maya Jamaleddine For City Council, at-large
• John Orlandella For City Council, at-large
• Ryan Williams For City Council, at-large
• John Obremski For City Council, Ward 2
• Jeffrey Michael McCarthy For City Council, Ward 2
• Mark Garipay For City Council, Ward 4
• Kimberly Vandiver For City Council, Ward 5
• Barbara Travers For City Council, Ward 6
• Cal Finocchiaro For City Council, Ward 6
• Margaret Driscoll For School Committee
• Matt Hartman For School Committee
• Seamus Kelley For School Committee
• David Trzepacz For School Committee

The ballot also includes 1 ballot question:

Shall the City of Melrose be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to pay costs for design, engineering, construction, site improvements, equipping, and furnishing of a renovated Melrose Central Fire Station, a new Melrose Highlands Fire Station, a new Melrose East Side Fire Station and a new Melrose Police Station, and other costs incidental and related thereto?

Here is more information about the ballot question, including frequently asked questions.

The deadline for voter registration was Friday, Oct. 27.

On Election Day — Tuesday — voting takes place at Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School, 350 Lynn Fells Parkway, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Here is a ward precinct map for the City of Melrose.

The Melrose city website also has information about Absentee Voting. Additionally, there is information about getting a ride to the poll.

More information about the election in Melrose is available online.