Name: Edward Dolan
Office Sought: Town Meeting Member Precinct 3
e-mail address: edwarddolan48 [at] gmail.commichaelschanbacherlexpb [at] gmail.com (
)phone number: 617-312-6646

Community Activities: 

• 3 year Lexington Town Meeting member
• Member of Lexington Democratic Town Committee
• Driver Coordinator for FISH (volunteer rides to medical appointments)
• Volunteer for home deliveries for Lexington Food Pantry
• Volunteer for MIRA (Massachusetts Immigrants and Refugee Advocacy Coalition), mainly doing voter registration for new citizens
• Phonebank volunteer with Swing Blue Alliance

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?

Probably yes, though not with great enthusiasm. I am much more interested in 2 other voting rights issues: 1) registration and encouragement to vote for people already eligible to vote in Massachusetts; 2) voting rights in all municipal elections for all age 18 and older residents of Lexington.