Monthly Archives - January 2022

Arlington Democrats are invited to attend a virtual caucus on Saturday, February 12, at 10 a.m. to elect 40 delegates and 7 alternates to the 2022 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.

At this year’s state convention, planned for Saturday, June 4th at the DCU Center in Worcester, thousands of Democrats from across the state will come together to endorse candidates for statewide office and unite to elect Democrats down the ballot in November of 2022. The convention is planned to be a hybrid convention; delegates will be able to attend in person, or virtually by Zoom.

The caucus is open to all registered and pre-registered Democrats in Arlington. Pre-registered Democrats who will be 16 by February 4, 2022, will be welcome to participate and run as a delegate or alternate.

To participate in the virtual caucus, please use the Zoom registration form at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-CuqTgtGt2CPMj5KraEHwHcX1GdpRu7. You will receive a personalized link and passcode to the Zoom caucus in an email, which you’ll need to keep. Our virtual doors will open at 9:30 a.m., and we encourage registrants to arrive early. Everyone who is in the waiting room by 10:15 a.m. will be admitted.

Youth, minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals who are not elected as a delegate or alternate may apply to be an add-on delegate at the caucus or at www.massdems.org.

Delegates and alternates will be divided equally between men and women, except that candidates whose gender identity is non-binary can run for delegate without needing to classify themselves as male or female. Candidates must be present at the caucus to be elected (except those serving in the Armed Forces, who must notify the chair of their candidacy before the caucus).

For more information on the caucus or the Arlington Democratic Town Committee, please contact Co-Chair Stephanie Swanson at 716-435-4153 or Co-Chair Aimee Coolidge at 781-775-5343, explore this website, or visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/adtcma. For general information on the Convention or the Democratic Party, please call 617-939-0800 or email contact@massdems.org. Details on the caucus rules can be found at https://massdems.org/.

If you wish to change your registration to Democratic before the caucus, visit Online Voter Application (state.ma.us).

In coalition with the Democratic Committees of Barre, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Brewster, Cambridge Ward 6, Hanson, Lenox, Lincoln, Malden, Maynard, Monson, Newton, Pelham, Rockland, Salem, Scituate, Wellfleet, Weston, and Weymouth, the Arlington Democratic Committee invites you to an important virtual event on January 20th at 7pm focused on S.2030/H.1905, An Act Establishing A [5-year] Jail and Prison Construction Moratorium.

Register at https://bit.ly/nonewwomensprison.

We’ll be joined by Sen. Jo Comerford and Rep. Chynah Tyler to learn more about this critical legislation co-sponsored by over 40 state legislators (including our own Arlington State Representatives and State Senator), endorsed by over 130 organizations across the state, and recently enshrined in our state’s Democratic Party Platform. 
 
We’ll also hear from Andrea James, Founder and Executive Director of The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, and Mahtowin Munro, co-leader of The United American Indians of New England.