Town Meeting Petition Forms
Voters may place (an) article(s) on a Town Meeting warrant by submitting a petition to the Select Board’s Office. There are three petition forms available – please select the one that corresponds to the type of Town Meeting warrant in which you wish to have your article included:
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING (ATM)
To have a petition article added to the Annual Town Meeting warrant, a petitioner needs to collect 10 signatures.
Annual Town Meeting begins on the first Monday in May. The warrant typically opens in December of the previous year and closes on January 31. (Petition articles are accepted while the warrant is open.)
Click here for ATM Petition Form
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (STM) – When Already Called
To have a petition article added to a Special Town Meeting warrant, which has already been opened, a petitioner needs to collect 100 signatures.
Click here for STM Petition Form
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (STM-C) – Petition to Call Town Meeting
To call a Special Town Meeting, a petitioner needs to collect 200 signatures.
Click here for STM-C Petition Form
Learn more about Town Meetings in the Secretary of State’s Citizen’s Guide to Town Meetings. Information about Sudbury Town Meeting can be found in our General Bylaws.