I have seen and heard many questions about postponement of town elections and town meeting. As a leader in the Massachusetts Moderators Association I have been helping to write this bill for the past week, filed yesterday by the Governor, and presented to the legislature today in informal session. It can be linked here and is attached below. In lieu of a public hearing, the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government (Diana DiZoglio is the Senate Vice Chair, Christina Minicucci and Tram Nguyen are both House members of the committee) is soliciting public input on the bill, H.4572. They request comments be limited to urgent priorities related to the topic in this bill. There will be additional processes or opportunities for more wide-ranging comments about challenges facing municipalities in the coming days.
Please email your comments to House Chair Rep. James O'Day at james.oday@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Sen. Becca Rausch at becca.rausch@masenate.gov no later than noon on Thursday, March 19, 2020 or reach out to your local delegation members.
