Fall River’s Preliminary Election Day is Tomorrow. Here’s What You Need to Know

Keith Thibault September 18, 2023 Comments Off on Fall River’s Preliminary Election Day is Tomorrow. Here’s What You Need to Know

Voters go to the polls tomorrow in Fall River for the Municipal Preliminary Election.

Find out more and hear from the candidates running tomorrow on our special Election 2023 webpage.

The polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. at 27 precincts across the city. Here is a list of polling places. If you do not know where to vote, you can call the Elections Office at 508-324-2630.

Voters with mail ballots have until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow to return their ballots to the Elections Office. They cannot be returned to any voting precincts. Ballots arriving after 8:00 p.m. tomorrow will be deemed ineligible.

There are 57,823 registered voters in Fall River.

There are two races on the preliminary election ballot; three candidates are running for mayor:

MAYOR

C. Samuel Sutter
Paul E. Cougan
Michael Vandal

19 candidates are running for city council:

CITY COUNCIL

Alexander Silva
Gloria Saddler
Joseph “Joe” Camara
Shawn Cadime
Andrew Raposo
Pam Laliberte
Gabriel “Boomer” Amaral
Joshua Texeira
Ricky Tith
Paul B. Hart
Linda Pereira
Cliff Ponte
Joseph Salvador
Laura Jean Washington
Jordan James Silvia
Paulo Amaral
Michelle Dionne
Bob Pearson
Brad Kilby

The candidate with the least number of votes in both races will be eliminated with the others nominated to run in the Municipal Election on November 7. At that time ten candidates for the school committee will also be on the ballot for consideration.

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