Eneida Tavares

Chair of Boston Election Commission, Massachusetts

Eneida Tavares is the Election Commissioner for the City of Boston and also serves as Chair of the Board of Elections Commissioners, where she oversees the conduct of elections in the City of Boston, in accordance with all relevant federal, state and municipal laws. After spending seventeen years working in city and town elections, Eneida knows what it takes to truly drive an efficient elections cycle. She has successfully implemented new election management software used to assist with Boston’s first ever Early Voting election; improved the city’s procurement process by streamlining the operations and replacing voting machines with new, innovative, user-friendly machines; and presided over the city’s first Citywide recount in almost twenty years. Eneida’s ability to pivot and to think on her feet proved to be evident during the 2020 Presidential election, where due to the global pandemic, she had to innovate safe, effective and secure voting procedures that included: the implementation of expanded vote by mail, in-person early voting, and ballot drop boxes. These changes enabled the citizens of Boston to safely cast their votes.