Patricia A. Gray, Town Clerk Email
Jane Iverson, Deputy Clerk Email
93 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609-1400
Main Phone Number (207) 288 4098
Fax (207) 288 4461
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Services Provided
Clamming License, Shellfish License
Dog Licenses
Elections/Voters Registration (below)
General Assistance
Genealogy Hunting & Fishing Licenses
Marriage Licenses
Recording Business Name
Vital Records: Birth, Marriages, Death
Elections, Voter Registration, Municipal Elections, and Absentee Ballot Request
Additional Voter Information is here
Elections
The annual Municipal election is held on the 1st and 2nd Tuesday in June. The first Tuesday is the open town meeting voting on the next fiscal year budget, etc. The second Tuesday is the "secret ballot" election of town officials; town councilors; school committee members; and MDI District Trustee; and referendum.
The State/Federal General Election is held on the 1st Tuesday of November. The State Primary Election is held on the 2nd Tuesday of June of each general election year.
Elections are held in the Municipal Building auditorium, third floor, 93 Cottage Street. Polls open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Voters Registration The State of Maine allows residents to register to vote anytime, including the day of the election. Bar Harbor residents may register to vote in person at the Town Clerk's office anytime; or when changing or renewing a driver's license at the Registry of Motor Vehicles at least twenty-five days prior to an election.
Proof of residency and proof of identity is required, e.g. driver's license showing physical street address in Bar Harbor; photo identification and document with voter's name and physical address.Residence for Voting Purposes as defined in M.R.S.A. Title 21 A sec. 112, is that place where the person has established a fixed and principal home to which the person, whenever temporarily absent, intends to return. Under this definition, residence is something a person establishes, not something a person chooses. While the definition includes the person's "intent to return" to a residence, it makes it clear that the residence must in fact exist, and the person must have established it as a fixed and principal home.
Visit the State of Maine website for Voter Registration information: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/resident.htm
Town Meeting Warrant and Sample Ballot
Municipal Sample Ballot Information HERE
Absentee Ballot Application Request & Procedures (Absentee ballot application request available 90 days before election date) Visit State of Maine website for application and procedures: Click HERE for the link and click on Option #2 or #3 when you visit the site