Redistricting, Polling Locations & Ward Information

Where do I vote?
For a list of ward assignments by street name and/or house number and street name, click here.

Polling locations for each ward for the Presidential Primary Election appear below:
Ward 1:  Broad Street Elementary Schoo, 390 Broad Street
Ward 2:  Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, 48 Charlotte Avenue
Ward 3:  Amherst Street Elementary School, 71 Amherst Street

Ward 4:  J.B. Milette Manor, 72 Vine Street (change of location)
Basement level; entrance faces parking lot behind St. Aloysius church at 48 West Hollis Street.
Ward 4 polling location has been moved for the Presidential Primary Election due to ongoing renovations at Ledge Street Elementary School.  The polling site will return to the Ledge Street Elementary School for the fall elections.

Ward 5:  Main Dunstable Elementary School, 20 Whitford Road
Ward 6:  Fairgrounds Middle School, 27 Cleveland Street
Ward 7:  Dr. Normand Crisp Elementary School, 50 Arlington Street
Ward 8:  Bicentennial Elementary School, 296 East Dunstable Road
Ward 9:  New Searles Elementary School, 39 Shady Lane

Redistricting
Sec. 3 of the City Charter requires that the Board of Aldermen review ward boundaries following the federal census and, “if necessary to comply with Constitutional requirement to equalize populations, shall, by ordinance, re-divide the city into nine wards.”  The Board of Aldermen approved Ordinance-11-73 (A), Relative to the Revision of Ward Boundaries on July 12, 2011.  The Mayor signed the legislation on July 13, and the new ward lines took effect immediately.  The City Clerk's Office is currently preparing new ward maps, new street and ward lists, and updating the voter registration database to reflect these changes.  New ward lines will be in effect for the municipal election filing period which begins August 30th.  The City Clerk estimates that approximately 1100 registered voters will be affected by ward boundary changes.  These voters will be notified of their new polling locations by postcard in October.

Important note: redistricting, for purposes of electing ward officials, has absolutely no impact on school assignments.  Student-school apportionment and assignments are managed by the Nashua School District.

This is a brief summary of the changes that were made to the city's ward lines:  

• Wards 1 and 5: There were no changes.
• Wards 2 and 3: two population blocks east of Monza Road and north of Century Road have been moved from Ward 2 into Ward 3.
• Ward 4: a "triangle" in the northwestern corner of Ward 7 bounded by Main Street - East Pearl Street to Spruce St across Temple- and then to the Nashua River has been moved into Ward 4. This area includes the Nashua Senior Center and the "old Y" on Temple Street.
• Ward 6: the parcel north of Northeastern Boulevard/Harris Road and south of the Everett Turnpike has been moved from Ward 9 into Ward 6.  This parcel includes Greenbriar Terrace.
• Ward 7: a "triangle" in the northwestern corner of the ward has been moved into Ward 4 (see above).  In addition, south of the Circumferential Highway, the parcel between the Daniel Webster Highway and the Merrimack River south to the Massachusetts border has been added to Ward 7 as well as a parcel east of US Route 3 to the Daniel Webster Highway and south of Spit Brook Road to the Massachusetts border.
• Ward 8: the parcel between the Daniel Webster Highway and the Merrimack River south to the Massachusetts border, as well as a parcel east of US Route 3 to the Daniel Webster Highway and south of Spit Brook Road to the Massachusetts border have been moved into Ward 7; a "triangle" bordered by East Dunstable Road - Salmon Brook - and Searles Road/Lamb Road has been moved from Ward 9 into Ward 8.
• Ward 9: a "triangle" bordered by East Dunstable Road - Salmon Brook - and Searles Road/Lamb Road has been moved from Ward 9 into Ward 8; and the parcel north of Northeastern Boulevard/Harris Road and south of the Everett Turnpike has been moved from Ward 9 into Ward 6.

The following is a list of streets (and house numbers, if applicable) for city wards: