Name: Delanot Bastien
Office Sought: Town Meeting Member Precinct 3
e-mail address: dbastientmma [at] yahoo.commichaelschanbacherlexpb [at] gmail.com (
)phone number: 617-799-6373

Community Activities: 

• Town Meeting Member, Precinct 3 (since 2020);
• Member, Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (three years);
• Real Estate Sales and Broker Sales and Consultant (38 years);
• Education Advocate/Parent Consultant for Children with Special Needs and/or Disabled and for Adults and Elderly with Disabilities (14 years);

Article 43 on the 2024 Town Warrant is asking if the Town will authorize and request the Select Board to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth for Home Rule Legislation to allow any citizens in the Town of Lexington, who have reached the age of 16 or older, to register and vote in municipal elections within the Town, or to take any action in relative thereto. Would you support this article? Why or why not?

This article needs to be debated fully in our community and in the town meeting before I make a decision to this question. We need to be prudent, and more informed, understand about this article and the impact good or bad this article may have in our town, in our community and in our neighbors.