Get Help Reading/Translating the Ballot

If you would like help reading the ballot:

  • You can bring any friend or family member into the voting booth with you; or
  • You can ask a poll worker to help you. Two poll workers will come into the booth with you. There are often Bilingual translators at the polls. They will translate for voters; or
  • You can print out a SAMPLE ballot from the City of Brockton web site, when they are postsd. See Practice on a Sample Ballot. Fill in the oval next to the name or names you want to vote for. Then take the SAMPLE ballot with you. Copy from it onto the official ballot at the polls, or
  • You can write down the name of the candidate(s) you want to vote for on any piece of paper. Take the paper with you to copy from onto the official ballot.
  • Sometimes an election will have city and/or state "ballot questions." Ballot questions suggest new laws. Voters vote "Yes" if they want the question to become law, or "No" if they do not want it to become law. These questions will be on side 2 of the ballot.
  • Fill in the "Voter Checklist" on the back of "The Official Massachusetts Information for Voters" booklet. This red booklet is mailed to every household where there is a registered voter. You can take this checklist with you to copy from when you go into the voting booth.

State ballot questions are written up and discussed in a red booklet called, "The Official Massachusetts Information for Voters."  Before the election, the state mails one booklet to every household with a registered voter       --- one booklet per household. You can study the ballot questions in the booklet.

You can also get a booklet at the Elections Commission office in     City Hall, 1st floor, next to the elevator.  Monday-Friday, 8:30 - 4:30.

On the back of the booklet, there is a "Voter Checklist." Voters
can fill in the Checklist, tear it out, and take it with them to copy from onto the official ballot at the polls.

The booklet is available in Spanish. Call 617-727-7030 or toll free 800-392-6090.

In 2008, Brockton has three ballot questions called City of Brockton Proposition 2 ½ Override Questions. You can study them at this link. You can also ask for the questions at the Elections Commission office at city Hall, 1st floor, next to the elevator.