Five Major Positions on Town Election Ballot

Voters will fill 11 town board and school committee seats, including five major positions, in the annual town election Monday, March 30.

On the ballot will be one seat on the Select Board, two seats 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 positions on the town election ballot 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, one 3-year term; and Planning Board, one 3-year term. Nominating papers and packets for the town offices and Sudbury School Committee will be available earlier than previously stated, starting Tuesday, 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. 

According to the Town Clerk’s website, the deadline to file intentions/take out nomination papers for the town election is Thursday, Feb. 5. The deadline to return completed nomination papers is Monday, Feb. 9, 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. 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. You can watch the recording on SudburyTV here.