Election season on Martha’s Vineyard is coming up. If you’re thinking about taking up a public office, here are the various elected positions with openings. Nomination papers are now available through the town clerk’s office in each town except Tisbury.
According to Tisbury town clerk J. Hillary Conklin, Tisbury is awaiting word from the state legislature about a special request to move the annual town meeting out of town. Once an annual town meeting date is set, then the annual town election can be set, which will allow Conklin to create nomination papers with correct dates for submission.
Edgartown (filing deadline: Feb. 24, election: April 14)
- 1 select board seat
- 1 board of assessors seat
- 1 board of health seat
- 2 finance advisory board seats
- 1 Land Bank commissioner
- 1 park commission seat
- 1 planning board seats
- 1 water board seat
- 1 constable
- 1 school committee seat
Oak Bluffs (filing deadline: Feb. 24, election: April 14)
- 1 select board seat
- 1 board of health seat
- 5 finance advisory board seats
- 1 Land Bank commissioner
- 1 park commissioner
- 1 planning board
- 1 cemetery committee
- 2 water district seats
- 1 wastewater commissioner
- 1 school committee seat
Tisbury (filing deadline: TBD, election: TBD)
- 1 select board seat
- 1 board of assessors seat
- 1 board of health
- 3 finance advisory board seats
- 3 library trustees
- 1 planning board seat
- 1 water board seat
- 1 constable
- 1 school committee seat
West Tisbury (filing deadline: Feb. 24, election: April 14)
- 2 select board seats
- 1 board of assessors seat
- 1 board of health seat
- 1 town moderator
- 2 finance advisory board seats
- 2 library trustees
- 1 park commission seat
- 2 planning board seats
- 1 town clerk
- 1 tree warden
- 3 school committee seats
Aquinnah (filing deadline: April 17, election: May 12)
- 1 select board seat
- 1 board of health seat
- 1 town moderator
- 1 library trustees
- 2 planning board seats
- 1 school committee seat
Chilmark (filing deadline: March 9, election: April 27)
- 1 select board seat
- 1 board of assessors seat
- 1 board of health seat
- 1 town moderator
- 2 finance advisory board seats
- 1 library trustees
- 1 planning board seats
- 1 cemetery commission
- 1 tree warden
- 1 site review committee
- 1 fence viewer
- 1 surveyor of wood, lumber, and bark
