Massachusetts Super Tuesday voters guide 2016: where to vote, hours of voting, candidates and more

Massachusetts voters will head to the polls Tuesday to pick their choice for Democrats, Republicans and Green-Rainbow candidate for president.

The Democratic race is tight between the former first lady, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders federal.

Republican businessman Donald Trump has won three of the four GOP primaries so far, but Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Ohio Governor John Kasich and a retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson continued to challenge him.

In Massachusetts, one of 13 states that vote on Super Tuesday, there are 91 Democratic delegates at stake and 42 Republican delegates.

This is what you need to know to vote.

Where I vote?

Find your polling place by Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth online tool 's, wheredoivotema.com.

Send your street address to get the exact location of your polling place.

When the polls are open on Tuesday?

The polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm Voters who are online at the polls at 8 pm are allowed to vote.

I can not get to the polls during voting hours, so he asked for a vote by mail. When is it due?

Absentee ballots must be received by the local election official at the time the polls close on election day.

I do not know if I am registered to vote. How can I know?

You can check the status of voter registration online through the Commonwealth Secretariat tool voter registration status online.

While it is too late to register to vote in favor of the presidential primaries, you can register to vote in future elections across the state system online voter registration.

What can vote in primary?

Voters who are not affiliated with a political party can vote in the primary of any party. If you are a registered member of a political party can only vote in the primary of the party.

What are the candidates?

You can find a sample ballot by entering your address here.

In the Democratic presidential primary, the candidates on the ballot are:

Bernie Sanders

Martin O'Malley

Hillary Clinton

Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente

(Although O'Malley has dropped out of the race, he did so after the ballots were printed.)

In the Republican presidential primary, the candidates on the ballot are:

Jim Gilmore

Donald Trump

Ted Cruz

George Pataki

Ben Carson

Mike Huckabee

Rand Paul

Carly Fiorina

Rick Santorum

Chris Christie

Marco Rubio

Jeb Bush

John Kasich

However, the following candidates withdrew from the race after ballots were printed: Gilmore, Pataki, Huckabee, Paul, Fiorina, Santorum, Christie and Bush.

In the presidential primary Green-Rainbow, candidates appearing on the ballot are:

Christin Kinamo Sedinam Moyowasifza Curry

Jill Stein

William Kremlin

Kent Mesplay

Darryl Cherney

Will there be other races on my ballot?

Yes. Voters will also elect the members of state committees, which are the governing bodies of each party. State Committee of men and women are elected by geographic region.

You can see the options for the State Committee by looking at your sample ballot online. You can also find a complete list of candidates of the State Committee Secretariat of the website of the Community for the Republican Party and the Green-Rainbow Party Democratic Party.

There are also races for state representative in Fitchburg and Peabody career and a state representative in Brockton undisputed.

What if I'm already registered with the Independent Party of States?

The United Independent Party has candidates for president or state committee, so you will not be able to vote in a party primary.

Where I can find Tuesday's results?

The results will be published on the website of MassLive.com Tuesday night, along with full coverage of elections.

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