Rise and shine! The polls are open almost everywhere from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for (municipal) Election Day in Massachusetts. There are no statewide races on the ballot. But voters in 55 cities and towns will be picking their local representatives, from their mayor to their city councilor to their school committee members.

It was a historic election that will result in Brockton's first elected Black mayor. Two new faces are also guaranteed among the four at-large seats on the city council because two of the incumbents — Derenoncourt and Rodrigues — are running for mayor instead of city council.

Election operations in Boston have improved under a state-ordered receivership, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin said Tuesday.

Voters are deciding who they want to represent them in the mayor's office and city council. Polls are open in Boston, and most communities, until 8 p.m.

In District Seven, voters will have to choose a new councilor for the seat vacated by Tania Fernandes Anderson, who is currently serving a one-month sentence in federal prison after getting arrested in a kickback scheme. In nearly three dozen other communities across the state, voters will be casting ballots for mayor.

Election Day is on Tuesday for twelve communities in western Massachusetts, where voters will decide on various local races, including mayoral contests and council seats.