Special US House Elections Volunteer Opportunities
There are three US House Special Elections in play for 2025, which means there is an opportunity for us to help make a difference in Congress and stop the extreme MAGA agenda. Special elections are April 1 in Florida and New York.
The candidates are:
Gay Valimont
https://gayforcongress.com/
Action Items: Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Gay Valimont for Congress on Mobilize
Josh Weil
https://joshweil.us/
Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Josh Weil for Congressional District 6 on Mobilize
Blake Gedebein:
https://blakegendebienforcongress.com/meet-blake/
HITTING HOME PODCAST
Becky Coletta and Megan Driscoll’s podcast on YouTube
Pembroke Town Meeting
What is Town Meeting?
Town Meeting is both an event and an entity. As an event, it is a gathering of a town’s eligible voters, and is referred to as “the Town Meeting.” As an entity, it is the legislative body for Pembroke, and is referred to simply as “Town Meeting.”
So, you may say, “I went to the Town Meeting. Town Meeting approved the budget.”
Town Meeting is also the purest form of democratic governing. It has been in use for over 300 years to the present. In Pembroke, this means that once or twice a year residents show up and vote to approve three major things:
- It sets the salaries for the town employees and elected officials.
- It votes to appropriate money to run the town.
- It votes on the town’s local statutes, which are called by-laws.
In Pembroke we host an Open Town Meeting which means anyone registered to vote in Pembroke, is allowed to attend and vote on Warrant articles. The Meeting is run by the Town Moderator. There are numbered articles on the Warrant, published before the meeting and provided to attendees of the event. The Article numbers are put into a raffle/lottery drum and picked out at random. There are opportunities to make comments or ask questions on articles, but all comments/questions must be addressed to the Town Moderator.
Town officials as well as Town Counsel will be seated up front, often there to provide info or answer questions.
When is Town Meeting?
In Pembroke, our annual town meeting is held the second Tuesday of May and the bylaws allow for a second Special to be held in the Fall. This year it will be on Tuesday, May 13th at 7pm.
When are Pembroke Town Elections?
Our Town Elections will be on Saturday, May 17th from 9am-5pm at the Pembroke Community Center.
Join Indivisible Plymouth on Facebook or website to get up to date action items
https://indivisible-ma.org/groups/indivisible-plymouth
Pembroke DTC Caucus and Mass Democratic Convention dates for 2025
Caucus date will be voted on at our next meeting March 20 at the Pembroke Community Center.
Mass Dem Convention is Saturday September 13 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Picture from the Not on Our Watch Rally Plymouth Rock Feb 17, 2025
