Friday is the last day of early voting in Gloucester, Rockport and Manchester

Friday, Oct. 30, is the last day to vote early in person for the Tuesday, Nov. 3, state election in Gloucester, Rockport and Manchester-by-the-Sea, the city and town clerks' pages show. Essex's early voting ended Thursday.

Friday's early voting hours

• Gloucester: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. See the city clerk's election notice.
• Rockport: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. See the town's elections page.
• Manchester-by-the-Sea: 10 a.m. to noon at Town Hall. See the town's elections page.

In Gloucester, voters who will be away on Election Day, or cannot go to the polls for medical or religious reasons, can still vote absentee in person at the City Clerk's office until noon Monday, Nov. 2.

Rockport's page also lists a public notice for Friday at 1 p.m.: the advance removal of early ballots from their envelopes.

Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in all four towns. Essex votes at the Public Safety Building, 11 John Wise Ave., and Manchester at Memorial School. Gloucester and Rockport voters can look up their precinct's polling place on the Secretary of the Commonwealth's elections page. Mail ballots returned in person or by drop box must reach the clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

All nine ballot questions and the candidates are in our Election 2026 guide.

Earlier coverage: Last week of early voting: hours in all four Cape Ann towns (Oct. 25), every day's hours and the mail ballot rules; Gloucester will count late arriving mail ballots in public on Monday, Nov. 9 (Oct. 28).