Polls open 7am-8pm in 18 communities including Somerville, Fall River, Northampton and Methuen as voters narrow fields for November's general election.

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Voters in Chicopee, Gardner, Lawrence, Medford, Gloucester, Fall River all have elections today, as do people in some parts of Holyoke, Revere, Salem, Framingham, Methuen, Newburyport, Leominster, Malden and Chelsea.

Fall River voters are headed to polls to narrow down the choices for mayor. Not sure where to vote or how? Here's our handy guide.

While the Boston mayor's race may have gotten all the attention this summer, a half dozen other cities in Massachusetts are holding Sept. 16 preliminary elections to narrow down the final two candidates to be their next mayors.

The incumbent and her Democratic challenger finished first and second in Tuesday's primary election, NBC News projects.

The League of Women Voters is advocating for the Safe Communities Act and a proposed 2026 ballot question to allow same-day voter registration, while also encouraging support for a bill allowing election day registration.

The city's election practices have been overhauled after several polling locations ran out of ballots during the 2024 presidential election. Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin said he's "very confident" all Boston polling places will have enough ballots for every voter for the preliminary election Tuesday.

Voters in three western Massachusetts cities are heading to the polls Tuesday for preliminary elections. The most races Tuesday are in Northampton, where voters

Democratic mayor Michelle Wu advances to Boston's November election amid ICE operation targeting Massachusetts and ongoing sanctuary policy disputes.