Clerk Certifies Vesely and Durgin for Ballot

The Town Clerk’s office certified Tuesday the nomination papers of Liam J. Vesely, who is running for Board of Assessors, and Julie Leigh Durgin, who is running for Sudbury School Committee. Vesely and Durgin are now official candidates whose names will appear on the ballot, bringing the total number of candidates whose names will appear on the ballot to seven.

With less than two weeks to go until the deadline, none of the prospective candidates for Select Board or Planning Board have returned their nomination papers, only one person has been certified for the ballot for Sudbury School Committee, and no one has filed to run for Park and Recreation Commissioner.

There are 11 open positions on this year’s Annual Town Election ballot. Any Sudbury registered voter may run for office. Prospective candidates do not need permission from a board or committee to run.

To appear on the ballot, prospective candidates must file an intention to run, gather the signatures of at least 50 registered Sudbury voters on a set of nomination papers, return those signatures by the Feb. 9 deadline, and the Town Clerk’s office must certify those signatures.

You can find a complete list of open positions here. You can find information about how to run for office here, and resources to support a run for office here.

According to the Town Clerk’s office, the period for prospective candidates to file their intention to run is from Tuesday, Jan. 6 to Thursday, Feb. 5. Nomination papers (“signatures”) must be returned by Monday, Feb. 9.

According to the Town Clerk’s office, as of 6:10 p.m. Jan. 27, the following people have filed their intention to run. An asterisk (*) indicates an official candidate whose name will appear on the ballot.

Select Board

(1 seat, 3 years)

Charles G. Russo

Board of Assessors

(1 seat, 3 years)

Liam J. Vesely*

Goodnow Library Trustee

(2 seats, 3 years)

Ingrid J. Mayyasi*

Elizabeth Mathews Iwasaki*

Board of Health

(1 seat, 3 years)

Susan Ruth Sama*

Planning Board

(1 seat, 3 years)

Julie Zelermeyer Perlman

Sudbury School Committee

(2 seats, 3 years)

Julie Leigh Durgin*

Ellen Lederer-DeFrancesco

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional District School Committee

(2 seats, 3 years)

Ravi Simon (Sudbury)*

Jason McLure (Lincoln)*