HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-02-17-VISION2025-draft questionnaire (Subcommittee on Local Election Voter Participation) RECEIVED
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Vision for Lexington
Subcommittee on Local Voting I"'"OWN CLERK
Meeting February 17, 2022
Margaret Coppe, Marian Cohen,Jeri Zeder, Fernando Quezada LEXINGTON
Draft Call List
24 Leagues on call list Form of Government Population
Brookline Representative Town Meeting 63,191
Sharon-Stoughton Open Town Meeting 18,575
Representative Town Meeting 26,962
Arlington Representative Town Meeting 46,308
Belmont Representative Town Meeting 27,295
Framingham Mayor, City Council 72,362
Melrose Mayor, City Council 29,817
Needham Representative Town Meeting 32,091
Newton Mayor, City Council 88,923
Waltham Mayor, City Council 65,218
Wellesley Representative Town Meeting 29,550
Winchester Representative Town Meeting 22,970
Acton Area Open Town Meeting 24,021
Bedford Open Town Meeting 14,383
Chelmsford Representative Town Meeting 36,392
Concord-Carlisle Open Town Meeting-Open Town 18,491-5,237
Lexington Representative Town Meeting 34,454
Sudbury Open Town Meeting 18,934
Wayland Open Town Meeting 13,943
Westford Open Town Meeting 24,643
Weston Open Town Meeting 11,851
Andover/North Andover Open Town Meeting 36,569
Marblehead Open Town Meeting 20,441
Salem Mayor, City Council 40,480
Harvard Open Town Meeting 6,851
Questions for Leagues
1. Size of town
2. Number of registered voters
3. Type of government
4. Voter turnout for past 10 elections
a. What day of week was election
b. Where there any contested elections
c. Where there ballot questions
5. Demographics
a. Education levels
b. Length of residency
c. Age of voters
d. Household voting
e. Make up of League vs Town make up
6. Is there local newspaper coverage
7. What measures/actions does the local league, or other organizations, take to promote elections.
8. What steps would you like to see taken to promote voting in local elections
Questions for Town Clerks
1. Size of town
2. Number of registered voters
3. Type of government
4. Voter turnout for past 10 elections
a. What day of week was election
b. Were there any contested elections
c. Were there ballot questions
5. Demographics
a. Education levels
b. Length of residency
c. Age of voters
d. Household voting
6. Is there local newspaper coverage
7. What measures/actions does the town take to promote elections.
8. What steps would you like to see taken to promote voting in local elections