Author: League of Women Voters of Wayland

The League of Women Voters is a political grassroots network and membership organization that believes the freedom to vote is a nonpartisan issue. For more than a century, we’ve worked to empower voters and defend democracy. As a women-led organization, we encourage everyone to take part in our democracy.

More info on the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions

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  • Ballot Question 1 Forum (hosted by LWVMA on October 8, 2024 at 7PM, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Questions 1-5 Informational Session (hosted by LWV Concord-Carlisle on October 4, 2024, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Question 2 Forum (hosted by LWV Newton and co-sponsors LWV Boston, LWV Brookline, LWV Harvard, LWV Needham, LWV Waltham, LWV Wellesley, LWV Weston, and LWVMA on October 7, 2024, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Question 5 Informational Forum (hosted by LWV Needham on October 9, 2024, recording HERE)
  • Ballot Questions 1-6 Forum (hosted by LWV Williamstown on October 16, 2024, recording HERE) 

Upcoming 2024 Informational Ballot Question Forums

  • Ballot Questions 1-5 Informational Forum (to be hosted by LWV Norwood on October 23, 2024 at 7 PM at the Morrill Memorial Library, details HERE)

Community, Culture, and Belonging Survey and Listening Sessions for the Town of Wayland

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Wayland has hired a consultant to conduct an equity assessment to learn how we are doing as a community in making people who live and work here feel welcome.  To better understand how people feel, the consultants are asking residents to participate in a survey.  The hope to get as many as 2,000 responses—an ambitious goal!  The survey link is below.  Please take a few minutes to answer the survey questions and forward the link to your Wayland neighbors and friends and ask them to respond as well.

COMMUNITY SURVEY

The Town of Wayland has launched a Community, Culture, and Belonging Survey. The goal is to understand the experiences of community members including those who live, work, worship and/or have children who learn within the Wayland Community.

The Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership and Social Innovation is the external research team leading this project. Everything gathered in this survey is anonymous. 

• Anyone 18 or older who lives, works, learns and worships, and/or has children who learn in Wayland is encouraged to take the survey.

• The survey takes 5 to 10 minutes and will remain available until October 31, 2024.

• You only need to complete this survey once.

To participate in the survey, please click this link: https://daw.checkboxonline.com/wayland

If you have any questions, would like assistance or need an accommodation to complete the survey, please contact execasst@wayland.ma.us or call 508-358-3621.  https://www.wayland.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif9231/f/news/tow_community_culture_and_belonging_survey.pdf

Community, Culture, and Belonging Survey Upcoming Listening Sessions

In addition to the survey, The Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership and Social Innovation team will be leading listening sessions for community members to share your experiences in the Town of Wayland.  

  • Who: Anyone 18 or older who lives, works, learns or worships in Wayland, or has children in Wayland schools is encouraged to participate in one of these upcoming listening sessions. You only need to participate in one session.
  • Time: Each session is 60 minutes.

You can register for one of the listening sessions by clicking here or by using the QR Code on the flyer below.

To participate in the survey, please click this link: https://daw.checkboxonline.com/wayland 

Learn about Ballot Question 1 on Tuesday, October 8th at 7 pm on Zoom

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Join the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:00 PM via Zoom for an educational forum on Ballot Question 1: State Auditor’s Authority to Audit the Legislature. 

We will explore the constitutionality of the proposed audit. The focus of our discussion will be: Is the proposed audit constitutional? Why or why not? 

Our featured speakers will be General Counsel and Deputy Auditor for the Commonwealth, Michael Leung-Tat, and Central Connecticut State University Political Science Professor Jerold Duquette. 

Register HERE. 

Review the LWVMA statement on the November 2024 ballot questions HERE. View more voter education forums via the LWVMA calendar.

Watch Governor’s Council (District 3) Forum Online!

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NewTV (Newton TV) and the League of Women Voters of the Acton area, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Boston-Cambridge, Brookline, Concord-Carlisle, Harvard, Lexington, Newton, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston co-sponsored a forum with the candidates for the Governor’s Council 3rd District.  This candidates forum was recorded by NewTV and is available here: Ward 3 Governor’s Council Forum.

The LWV solicited questions from residents about the issues and questions they believed were important to ask the candidates.  Questions were appropriate for all candidates for the specific office and were concise in their one to two sentence length.  While the moderator was not able to ask every question as written, she did try to cover all the topics recommended by the public in the time allocated for the forum.  

This forum was a collaboration between NewTV and all the local Leagues of Women Voters of the Governor’s Council 3rd District .  For more information, please email GCd3questions@gmail.com 

Thanks to the candidates at LWVW’s Meet the Candidates event!

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Many thanks to the candidates for Wayland Town office who joined League members and other Wayland residents for refreshments at the Wayland Public Library on Sunday! The candidates who came were Doug Levine (Select Board), Carol Martin (Select Board), Emily Weintraub (Board of Library Trustees), Robin Borgestedt (Planning Board), Kate Sambuco (School Committee), Elizabeth Cullen (School Committee), and Robert Fox (Trust Fund Commission).

Our heartfelt appreciation to the Wayland Public Library for their hospitality and the use of their space. Many thanks as well to League volunteer Karen Kavet for organizing this new event!

UPDATED: Upcoming Election Events & Voter’s Guide

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The new 2024 LWVW Voters’ Guide is now available! Click on LWVW 2020 Voters’ Guide for info on all the candidates in Wayland’s upcoming Town election!

There are two new forums organized by proponents of two articles. These are not sponsored or organized by the League of Women Voters, but we are sharing the information so that voters can be more informed before Town Meeting.

NEW FORUM on Article 27: Tuesday, April 23rd, at 7pm on Article 27, Retail Self Storage and Community Space Zoning, held in St. Zepherin Parish Hall, 99 Main Street

NEW FORUM on the MBTA Communities Zoning Article: Wednesday, April 24th, at 7pm:  a forum on the MBTA Communities Multi-family Housing Zoning Article, held in the Large Hearing Room, sponsored by the Select Board and the Planning Board.  They encourage people to come in person, but if you prefer, you can join by Zoom using the following link, posted the day of the public forum: https://www.wayland.ma.us/public-body-meeting-information-virtual-inperson-and-hybrid

The two forums below are organized by the League of Women Voters of Wayland:

NEW DATE, Only on Zoom: Town Meeting Issues Forum on Thursday, May 2, 7 pm at the Wayland Public Library on Zoom ONLY: The League of Women Voters of Wayland will hold a public forum on some of the major issues to be discussed and voted on at Annual Town Meeting. Articles included are the MBTA Communities Bylaws and Zoning Map; Special Education Stabilization Fund; Fire Department Staffing Study, Energy and Climate articles; Community Preservation Act articles; and four petitioner articles: Retail Self Storage, resolution regarding the State Flag, Solar Compact Development, and Athletic Fields Planning Committee. Audience members will be able to ask questions of the presenters. Nancy Brumbach will moderate the discussion.

Join the Zoom Meeting
https://wayland-ma-us.zoom.us/j/85744781610?pwd=ET5rEW7dMutUwhgNaafaECOmxqk4PI.1
Meeting ID: 857 4478 1610
Passcode: 915862 

Meet the Candidates on Sunday, May 5, 3 to 4:30 pm, in the Round Room in the Wayland Public Library: Since there are no contested elected positions this year, residents are invited to come to the Wayland Public Library for an informal meet, greet, and ask questions of the candidates.  Refreshments will be served.  Thanks to the library for co-hosting this event! 

Wayland Elections Help Needed

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The Town of Wayland is looking for help during this busy election year. With the increasing number of ballots due to vote by mail, the process to account for these ballots can sometimes be overwhelming. For the primary election, there are morning, afternoon, and evening shifts and a variety of positions (ballot box, checkers, greeter-types). There are also early voting slots. Training sessions will be held before the elections. Volunteers are paid for both the training and work at the polls.

The presidential primary is March 5th, so if you are interested, please reach out to the Town Clerk’s office at townclerk@wayland.ma.us

The experience of working at the polls is very rewarding and re-enforces one’s belief in our election system!