Worcester Telegram: Mass. gears up for Super Tuesday: Biden faces 'No Preference' protest campaign
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Massachusetts voters will join residents of 14 other states Tuesday in casting their presidential primary ballots, letting the nation know their preferences as the country advances to a final showdown in November.
Just hours before in-person voters are due to make their decisions Super Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Colorado could not remove former President Donald J. Trump's name from that state's Republican primary ballots.
The decision reversed the Colorado Supreme Court, which found that Trump was disqualified for running for president based on his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In Massachusetts, advocates unsuccessfully attempted to have the state's Ballot Law Commission overrule Secretary of State William F. Galvin and remove Trump's name from the primary ballot.
“The Supreme Court said it would not act to decide the outcome of the election, that it rested with the voters,” Galvin said Monday as he discussed the parameters of the Massachusetts primary.
Meanwhile, a group known as Massachusetts Peace Action is urging Democratic primary voters to select "No Preference" in protest of President Joe Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
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When are polls open Tuesday?
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Mail-in ballots that have not already been processed through the U.S. Postal Service should be dropped in special election drop-boxes or delivered to Town Hall to the municipal election clerk.
Mail-in ballots must be received by close of polls.
Galvin said he expects a good turnout, though he does not expect anything like 2020, when the state set a record 637,000 ballots cast in the Republican presidential primary.
In Massachusetts, unenrolled voters, those who have no party affiliation, can request either the Democratic, Libertarian or Republican ballot without becoming members of that party. In the past, voters pulling a specific party ballot in the primary would have had to unenroll in order to remain unaffiliated.