2026 Campaign Plan

Background

Most towns have elections in the first half of the year. Massachusetts legislative elections are November 3rd, 2026.

Time line

• Post signature gathering
  • Candidate conference?
    • How to govern mentoring (State)
    • How to govern mentoring (town)
    • write a how to govern guide - A pirates guide to local government
• 2026/04/30 - State nomination papers due
• 2026/02/15 - State nomination papers available
• 2025/11/30 - 1st town nom papers available
• 2025/11/30 - Have started candidate training
• 2025/11/15 - Have identified all candidates
• 2025/10/15 -
• 2025/09/15 - candidate (org/vol) pep talk & regional organizing meetings
• 2025/08/15 -
  • have list of people to do stuff
  • have written specific plans for elections
• 2025/07/15 - initial outreach to volunteer +
• 2025/07/01 - all voter records
  • We have voters in 221 municipalities
  • We have lists from 93 municipalities
  • We need lists from 128 municipalities
• 2025/06/15 - now

Notes

write a how to run guide contact people who wanted to be candidates contact people who wanted to organized their communities

what would you like from us to succeed

what are the opportunities we want to present to volunteers

Massachusetts local government guide guide to town meeting - state/election doc local government / town FAQ

Issues housing/local government/transparency/surveillance/accountabillity