From advancing health care to protecting the environment, voters care about many issues. We promote social and economic justice as well as the health and safety of all Americans to defend democracy.
Marblehead operates under the open Town Meeting form of government. This is a form of direct democracy which brings together eligible voters to debate and vote policy matters and budgets relating to town government. Town meeting occurs annually in the spring, and occasionally a Special Town Meeting is necessary. Town Meeting provides an opportunity for town officials and citizens to speak for/against any of the warrant articles (agenda items) and allows citizens to vote for or against the individual warrant articles.
Be an active participant in respectful discourse with other individuals on these timely topics and the role these concepts play in systemic racism. (There is an afternoon and evening session for this event.) This 7 - 8 p.m.
Be an active participant in respectful discourse with other individuals on these timely topics and the role these concepts play in systemic racism. (There is an afternoon and evening session for this event.) This 1:30-2:30 p.m.
It’s August, fewer than 100 days to the election, and there’s lots to do! It’s also the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, with many commemorations. Plus an inside look at what the Board does, and a royal suffragist!
The Summer of 2020 will be a time of Advocacy on Home Rule Charter by lobbying our Mason County Commissioners to call for an election of Freeholders ( citizen representatives) to study and explore a Home Rule Charter form of County Government.
The terms “fake news,” “media bias” and “enemy of the people” (in reference to journalists) have gained some currency, especially in the present administration.
