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Prospective candidates for town and school committee positions can begin “pulling papers” to gather signatures and run for local office in early January. Signatures must be gathered and returned to the Clerk’s office by early February. Sudbury’s town election will be Monday, March 31.
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 the steps for running here on the LWV website.
The list of openings will be posted by the Town Clerk in late December and will include seats on the Select Board, Sudbury School Committee, and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District School Committee. Prospective candidates will be able to find run for office information including dates for the LWV Sudbury Candidates’ Forum recording sessions and Meet the Candidates event on the Sudbury League’s website here.
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.
