Town Hall

Deliberative Sessions and Elections

Town Elections are held the second Tuesday in March. State and Federal elections are held as required by law. Information on registering to vote and absentee ballots is available at the Town Clerk's Office.

Election results will be available here.

Note that some documents provided here are in the Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf). A free Adobe Reader is available to read documents in this format.

• Tuesday, March 11, 2008, Town Election Day: Vote at Souhegan High School on Boston Post Road. Polls are opened from 6 AM to 8 PM on election Day. The list of candidates and the results, after the votes have been counted, are available here.
  
  • Election Letter from the Selectmen.
  • FY09 Warrant presentation at the deliberative session.
  • The Town of Amherst 2007 Warrant contains 26 articles to be voted on. Here is the Voters Guide information about these articles:
    1. Articles 1 - 20: Souhegan Cooperative School District and Amherst School District Warrants
    2. Article 21: - Candidates for town offices
    3. Articles 22 & 23: Town Operating Budget and DPW Loader Replacement
    4. Articles 24 & 25: DPW Salt Shed and Impact Fee Implementation
    5. Articles 26 - 28: Update of Utility Assessments, Highway Vehicle Capital Reserve fund, and DPW Replacement Vehicle
    6. Articles 29 - 31: Fire Department Utility Vehicle, Dept. of Public Works Land, and Recreational Facilities Capital Reserve Fund
    7. Articles 32 - 34: Ambulance Capital Reserve Fund, Assessing Revaluation Capital Reserve Fund, and Town Comuter System Capital Reserve Fund
    8. Articles 35 - 37: Communications Center Capital Reserve Fund, Town 250^th Anniversary Celebration Capital Reserve fund, and Forestview Cemetery Capital Reserve Fund
    9. Articles 38 - 41: Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, Appointment of Capital Reserve Agent, Change purpose of Library Land Capital Reserve Fund, and Keystone Hall Funding
    10. Articles 42 - 44: Milford Regional Counseling Funding, Harbor Homes, Inc Funding, and Amherst Climate Change (by petition)
    11. Articles 45 & 46: Elderly Local School Tax Credit (by petition) and Creation of a Transportation System for Town Residents Unable to Drive (by petition)
  • Here are the Proposed 2008 Zoning Changes, with brief descriptions to explain why they are needed.
  
  
• Tuesday, January 8, 2008, Presidential Primary: Vote at Souhegan High School on Boston Post Road. Polls are opened from 6 AM to 8 PM on election Day. The list of candidates and the results, after the votes have been counted, are available here.
  
  

History and information about previous elections.