By MAUREEN DOHERTY and DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — After months of campaigning, the mid-term State Election will take place next Tuesday, Nov. 8.

According to Assistant Town Clerk Stephanie Connolly, roughly 450 residents had taken advantage of the Early Voting in-person option in the Town Hall gymnasium through Monday, Oct. 31. The final two Early Voting sessions are being held are today, Thursday, Nov. 3, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 1 was the last day to either apply for an early mail-in ballot or an absentee ballot. Any voter who opts to drop off a mail-in ballot in-person today, tomorrow, Monday or Tuesday must do so at the Town Clerk’s office or in the specially designated red, white and blue ballot box located outside Town Hall, 235 North St., by 8 p.m. on Election Day, at which time the ballot box is locked. Do not bring a mail-in ballot to the polls on Election Day as each such ballot must be individually tracked by the Town Clerk’s office to complete the chain of custody, and the official outside envelope must be signed by the voter or it will be rejected. Voters who show up to the polls on Election Day with a mail-in ballot will be directed by poll workers to go to Town Hall to drop it off, so save yourself the trip.

On Election Day, the polls will be open at St. Theresa’s Parish Hall, 51 Winter St., from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The hall serves as the town’s centralized polling place for all four precincts. Enter the parking lot one-way only using the driveway closest to the Rectory/Rte. 28; drive around the building to park in the rear or side lot, and exit from this side lot after voting. There will be extra designated handicap parking spaces available.

The town now has just over 12,000 registered voters.

MEET THE CANDIDATES

The State Election is currently headlined by a three-candidate race for governor and lieutenant governor. The candidates looking to succeed Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito are former Republican State Reps. Geoff Diehl and Leah Allen, Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey and Salem Mayor Kimberly Driscoll, and Libertarian Party nominees Kevin Reed and Peter Everett.

The two candidates looking to succeed Healey as attorney general are Democratic nominee and former Boston City Councilor Andrea Joy Campbell and GOP nominee/Cape Cod attorney James R. McMahon III.

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State William Francis Galvin is running against GOP nominee Rayla Campbell of Whitman and Green-Rainbow Party nominee Juan Sanchez.

Democratic Treasurer Deborah Goldberg is facing off against Libertarian Party nominee Christina Crawford, who also happens to be the wife of Libertarian lieutenant governor nominee Peter Everett.

The five candidates running for state auditor looking to succeed outgoing Auditor Suzanne Bump are Republican nominee Anthony Amore, Democratic State Sen. Diana DiZoglio,  Green-Rainbow Party nominee Gloria A. Caballero-Roca, Workers Party nominee Dominic Giannone III and Libertarian nominee Daniel Riek.

Congressman Seth Moulton, the Salem Democrat, is running for a fourth term against two challengers: GOP nominee/ businessman Bob May of Peabody and Libertarian nominee Mark Tashjian of Georgetown.

Republican state Sen. Bruce E. Tarr of Gloucester, the Senate Minority Leader, is running against Independent candidate Terence William Cudney, also of Gloucester, for the First Essex and Middlesex District seat.

In the Fifth District race for Councillor, Democratic candidate for re-election Eileen R. Duff of Gloucester is running against Lynnfield Republican Michael C. Walsh.

Running unopposed for the seats they each currently hold are House Minority Leader Rep. Bradley H. Jones Jr. (R-North Reading), District  Attorney Marian T. Ryan (D-Belmont), and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian (D-Waltham).

FOUR BALLOT QUESTIONS

The State Election also includes four ballot questions.

Question 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would establish an additional 4 percent state income tax on people who earn an annual income of $1 million and more. A yes vote would amend the state Constitution to impose an additional 4 percent tax on people who earn over $1 million to be used, subject to appropriation by the State Legislature, on education and transportation. A no vote would make zero changes to the state’s income tax.

Ballot Question 2 would regulate dental insurance. The ballot question would require dental insurance companies to spend at least 83 percent of premiums on member dental expenses and quality improvements instead of administrative expenses, and would make other changes to dental insurance regulations. A yes vote would implement the changes, and a no vote would result in no changes to dental insurance regulations.

Question 3 seeks to increase the number of licenses a retailer could have for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be consumed off premises and would limit the number of “all-alcoholic beverages” licenses that a retailer could acquire. Question 3 would also restrict the use of self-checkout for alcohol sales, and would require retailers to accept customers’ out-of-state identification. A yes vote would implement the changes while a no vote would make no changes governing the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Ballot Question 4 would keep in place a law that state lawmakers approved last May that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a standard driver’s license or permit if they meet certain criteria. A no vote would repeal the law. If Question 4 passes, the law will go into effect on July 1, 2023.