Name: Tom Shiple
Office Sought: Town Meeting Member Precinct 9
e-mail address: tshiple [at] gmail.commichaelschanbacherlexpb [at] gmail.com (
)phone number: 781-296-3700

Community Activities: 

• Town Meeting Member: 2018-Present
• Bicycle Advisory Committee: 2023-Present
• Lexington Cluster Housing Study Committee: 2021-Present
• Lexington Residents Reimagining Public Safety: 2021 - Present
• Lexington United Soccer Club, President: 2014-2017
• Friends of Lincoln Field Lights, President: 2016-2017

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?

I support Article 43. 16–17-year-olds experience life in Lexington and are old enough to form an opinion about what they would like to see. I also think it’s a great opportunity to start developing the voting “muscle.” Furthermore it provides an occasion for parents and children to discuss the issues facing the Town and to encourage each other to vote.