Melrose Voters Making Their Voice Heard

MELROSE, MA — More than 6,500 ballots had been cast as of Monday evening, a number that has only increased in the days since.

City Clerk Amy Kamosa told the City Council Monday night more than 5,500 ballots had been mailed back to City Hall — that's more than half of what had been sent out — and 1,072 people had voted at Memorial Hall since early voting started Saturday.

Election Day itself is still more than a week away. Early voting will continue at Memorial Hall through Oct. 30, while mail-in ballots can keep coming into City Hall as late as Nov. 6 as long as they are postmarked by Nov. 3.

Voting numbers are approaching totals seen in last month's state primary and last fall's citywide election that saw a new mayor and almost completely new City Council elected — both elections garnered more than 10,000 votes. The 2018 state election saw 14,578 ballots case — a 72.2 percent turnout.

Mike Carraggi can be reached at mike.carraggi@patch.com. Follow him on Twitter @PatchCarraggi and subscribe to Melrose Patch for free daily newsletters and local news alerts.