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Voters will fill 13 town and school committee seats, including five major positions, in the annual town election Monday, March 31.
According to the Town Clerk’s website, on the ballot will be two seats on the Select Board, one seat on the Sudbury School Committee (grades PreK-8), and two seats on the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee, all for 3-year terms.
The other open positions for the town election are: Board of Assessors, one 3-year term; Goodnow Library Trustees, two 3-year terms; Board of Health, one 3-year term; Park and Recreation Commission, two 3-year terms; and Planning Board, two 3-year terms.
Nominating papers and packets for the town offices and Sudbury School Committee will be available starting Monday, Jan. 6, at the Town Clerk’s office. Nominating papers for the Lincoln-Sudbury school committee are available at the high school from the district clerk.
The deadline tofile intentions/take out nomination papers for the town election is Thursday, Feb. 6. The deadline to returncompleted nomination papers is Monday, Feb. 10, at the Town Clerk’s Office. Additional information is on the Town Clerk’s website and the League website.
Any registered voter in Sudbury has the right to run. Boards and committees do not choose who may run to join them. You can learn more about your right to run and how to run here on the LWV website.
A 2024 state League program on campaign finance demystifies the campaign finance filing requirements and process. In the recording, Jason Tait from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance offers tips, tricks, and tools to make campaign finance filings easy. You can find it here.
The 2023 Town Forum on voting and volunteerism in Sudbury offers insights into our local government and opportunities to participate in it. You can watch the recording on SudburyTV here.
