Sterling Democratic Town Committee

What is Our Democratic Town Committee for?

Your Democratic town or ward committee is the local Democratic Party entity in your community, responsible for organizing local Democrats, working to elect Democrats to public office, and increasing Democratic registration in your neighborhoods.

Your town or ward committee is an official body, recognized both by the Massachusetts Democratic Party and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Here’s the official definition, found in the Charter of the Massachusetts Democratic Party:

“The local committees shall conduct, according to duly established and recorded local by-laws, such activities as are suitable for a political organization; among which (without limitation) are:

• Endorsement of enrolled Democratic candidates in partisan and nonpartisan primaries, preliminaries and elections

• Financial Support of the State Committee and Democratic nominees

• Adoption of resolutions and platforms

• Raising and disbursing of funds for political purposes

• Voter registration campaigns, and

• Calling of caucuses for the purpose of endorsing candidates, adopting resolutions, or conducting other Party business as provided for in the Call to Convention”