How to Run for Office and Town Meeting

Workshop and Guide

On Monday, January 10, on Zoom, the League of Women Voters of Needham presented a workshop for Needham voters interested in running for an elected board, office, or Town Meeting Member in the April 12, 2022 Town Election. Twenty-two people attended the workshop. A recording of the workshop will be posted here once available from the Needham Channel.

Above: How to Run for Office and Town Meeting panelists (clockwise) Town Meeting Member Kim Knickle, LWVN Voter Service Chair Karen Price, Select Board member Marcus Nelson, LWVN President Carol Patey, Town Clerk Tedi Eaton, and Town Moderator Michael Fee.

Watch the workshop below, from The Needham Channel.

All 240 Town Meeting Member seats, 24 per precinct, will be on the ballot this year, as precincts may have changed due to the 2020 census.

The following offices and boards will be on the April 12 ballot:

Town Moderator Trustees of Memorial Park – veteran (1)
Town Clerk Trustees of Memorial Park – non-veteran (1)
Select Board (1) Board of Health (2)
Assessor (1) Planning Board (1)
School Committee (3) Commissioners of Trust Funds (1)
Trustees of Needham Public Library (2) Park and Recreation Commission (2)

Source: http://www.needhamma.gov/77/Town-Clerk