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Submit a Warrant Article at Town Meeting
Submit a Warrant Article at Town Meeting
Read and Review
Read and Review
Step 1: Read about warrant articles on the NH Municipal Association website and in this article by the League of Women Voters (MA). Review the Carbon Cash-Back Warrant Article Petition for examples of language to use.
Step 1: Read about warrant articles on the NH Municipal Association website and in this article by the League of Women Voters (MA). Review the Carbon Cash-Back Warrant Article Petition for examples of language to use.
Write Your Own Warrant Article
Write Your Own Warrant Article
Step 2: Modify the petition to reflect your town or city’s name and propose warrant article language for your town that addresses plastic pollution.
Step 2: Modify the petition to reflect your town or city’s name and propose warrant article language for your town that addresses plastic pollution.
Contact Your Town Administrator
Contact Your Town Administrator
Step 3: Contact your Town Administrator to find out the deadline for submitting warrant article petitions in your town/city and the number of signatures needed to have the warrant article submitted by petition.
Step 3: Contact your Town Administrator to find out the deadline for submitting warrant article petitions in your town/city and the number of signatures needed to have the warrant article submitted by petition.
Collect Signatures
Collect Signatures
Step 4: Collect signatures: Mail or email the petition to neighbors asking for signatures or "table" in front of a local business or at your recycling/transfer station. Bring a clipboard and a pen. After people sign, thank them, ask them to tell their friends, and to vote “yes” on the resolution at Town Meeting.
Step 4: Collect signatures: Mail or email the petition to neighbors asking for signatures or "table" in front of a local business or at your recycling/transfer station. Bring a clipboard and a pen. After people sign, thank them, ask them to tell their friends, and to vote “yes” on the resolution at Town Meeting.
Be Prepared to Speak
Be Prepared to Speak
Step 5: Be prepared to speak and answer questions on the article at Town Caucus and Town Meeting.
Step 5: Be prepared to speak and answer questions on the article at Town Caucus and Town Meeting.
NOTE: In addition to a citizens' petitioned warrant article, you can simply ask your Select Board or Town Council to produce a resolution of support for your proposed warrant, or they may even be willing to put the warrant article on the town warrant themselves (no signatures required).
Resources
Resources
Ten Towns • Ten Actions Leader Resource: Patsy Beffa-Negrini
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