2026 Campaign Plan

Background

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

Working backwards:

2026

2026/12/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through May 2027
2026/11/03 - General Election
2026/11/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through April 2027
2026/? - Last day to register to vote
2026/? - Early voting starts
2026/? - Mail in voting starts
2026/10/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through March 2027
2026/09 - Primary Election
2026/09/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through February 2027
2026/08/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through January 2027
2026/07/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through December
2026/06 - Post signature gathering and candidate conference
2026/06/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through November
- How to govern mentoring (State)
- How to govern mentoring (town)
2026/05 - write a how to govern guide - A pirates guide to local government
2026/05/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through October
2026/04/30 - State nomination papers due
2026/04/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through September
2026/03/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through August
2026/02/15 - State nomination papers available
2026/02/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through July
2026/01/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through June

2025

2025/12/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through May 2026
2025/11/30 - 1st town nom papers available
2025/11/30 - Have started candidate training
2025/11/15 - Have identified all candidates
2025/11/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through February 2026
2025/10/15 -
2025/10/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through December
2025/09/15 - candidate (org/vol) pep talk & regional organizing meetings
2025/09/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through November
2025/08/15 - initial outreach to volunteers
2025/08/01 - initial outreach to organizers & candidates
2025/08/01 - schedule organizer check-ins through October
2025/07/20 - have all all voter records
- We have voters in 221 municipalities
- We have lists from 93 municipalities
- We need lists from 128 municipalities
2025/07/15 - start outreach to organizers, candidates & volunteers
2025/07/15 - schedule organizer check-ins through September

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