Remote participation at Town Meeting

All three of Wayland’s legislators — Rep. Gentile, Rep. Linsky, and Sen. Eldridge — strongly support the authorization of remote participation in Open Town Meetings. Our state legislators listen to their constituents.

It’s the other close-to-160 state representatives and 60 state senators that we have to convince. Most constituents who live in towns that hold open Town Meetings aren’t aware that remote participation — listening and speaking, as well as voting — can now be provided in a secure and easy-to-use manner.

Thanks to Jailyn Bratica of the Wayland Town Manager’s staff, a full explanation of why remote participation should be made legal and how it will work is available from Wayland’s Town Meeting web page: tinyurl.com/wayland-remote.

If you know people from Massachusetts towns that hold Open Town Meetings, please encourage them to review this information. The Take Action section shows how to identify a town’s legislators and obtain their email addresses. Email messages from constituents to legislators urging support will help!

The Take Action section also includes an email address to which questions about remote participation can be sent; we will respond to such questions promptly.

Dave Bernstein

Chair, Electronic Voting