Vote on Tuesday, 9/22

A reminder that the city primary elections will be this Tuesday, 9/22 from 7am to 8pm. Eight Streets residents votes at Cathedral High School at Washington and Union park. You must have already registered to vote to participate in this primary election. You do not have to be enrolled in a political party to participate in this election.


For this primary:

• 4 candidates for Mayor are on the ballot - the two highest vote getters will move on to the final election in November

• 15 candidates for City Councilor-at-Large will be on the ballot. The top 8 vote getters will move to the November election, where 4 will be elected. There are only two incumbent candidates on the ballot.

For a list of candidate names as listed on the ballots, read this PDF. Complete voter information can be found on the City Elections pages. Take this weekend do to some reading on the candidates, and mark up your ballot printouts so you'll know who to vote for come Tuesday.

As you have noticed, the race for Mayor has been heating up. This is our chance to go to the polls and voice our opinion! The South End has notoriously low voter turn-out, so let's use this as an opportunity to show up in droves and let Boston know that the South End cares about the future of our city.