MA-04 Voter-Data FOIA — Records Officer Contact List
Requester on all letters: Jason Poulos, 33 Everett St., Sherborn, MA 01770 · jason@poulos.house Statute cited: M.G.L. c. 66, § 10 (Public Records Law); voter-list requests also cite M.G.L. c. 51, § 47C. Delivery: Each letter is marked Via First-Class Mail and E-Mail — mail the signed copy and email a PDF to the address below. Generated: June 10, 2026.
Why each town is on the list
These are the MA-04 municipalities where the campaign’s data is missing. The 4th District has 35 cities/towns; we have voter rolls for 33 of them.
- No voter rolls AND no history → request both (voter registration list + Extract 7/13): Blackstone, Norton. (These two are the only MA-04 towns with zero rows in our database.)
- Have rolls, but no usable voter history → request history only (Extract 7/13): Brookline (0.3%), Newton (0.3%), Needham (0.5%), Dighton (2.7%). Percentages are the share of each town’s voters currently carrying any participation flag — effectively zero. (For comparison, a town we do have history for runs 60–85%.)
Removed June 10, 2026: Sherborn and Hopedale — their voter-history data has since been obtained and is being imported into the canvass database, so no FOIA is needed for them.
Voter history sought: the Extract 7 and Extract 13 data from the central voter registry (VRIS/VoteIT), for all six of the 2020/2022/2024 September state primaries and November state (general) elections — dates: 9/1/2020, 11/3/2020, 9/6/2022, 11/8/2022, 9/3/2024, 11/5/2024.
Contacts
| # | Town | Request | Records officer / office | Clerk | Mailing address | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackstone | Rolls + history | Office of the Town Clerk | — | 15 St. Paul Street, Blackstone, MA 01504 | tsullivan@townofblackstone.org | (508) 883-1500 |
| 2 | Norton | Rolls + history | Office of the Town Clerk | Jill Seppa | Norton Municipal Center, 70 East Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 | townclerk@nortonma.org | (508) 285-0230 |
| 3 | Brookline | History | Office of the Town Clerk | Benjamin Kaufman | Town Hall, Room 104, 333 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445 | townclerk@brooklinema.gov | (617) 730-2010 |
| 4 | Dighton | History | Office of the Town Clerk | R. Mello | 979 Somerset Avenue, Dighton, MA 02715 | rmello@dighton-ma.gov | (508) 669-5411 |
| 5 | Needham | History | Office of the Town Clerk | Louise L. Miller | Town Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02492 | townclerk@needhamma.gov | (781) 455-7500 x71503 |
| 6 | Newton | History | Office of the City Clerk | — | 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02459 | elections@newtonma.gov | (617) 796-1200 |
Notes / verify before sending
- Brookline email (
townclerk@brooklinema.gov): the town site masks the address; this follows the town’s standard pattern but confirm via the Town Clerk page or the online records portal, which is Brookline’s preferred channel. - Norton address: the Town Clerk sits in the Norton Municipal Center, 70 East Main Street (Rm 135); some listings show 72 East Main St — both reach the office.
- Newton uses
elections@newtonma.gov(the same address on the existing Auchincloss-record FOIA template). - Several towns (Brookline, Newton, Norton, Needham) also offer an online public-records portal — emailing the letter is fine, but the portal may be faster.
Letter files (this folder)
LT FOIA req Blackstone clerk for voter rolls and history.docxLT FOIA req Norton clerk for voter rolls and history.docxLT FOIA req Brookline clerk for voter history.docxLT FOIA req Dighton clerk for voter history.docxLT FOIA req Needham clerk for voter history.docxLT FOIA req Newton clerk for voter history.docx
