Election Calendar
Vote411 Voter Guide
Get the election information you need at vote411.org!
Please consider adding a link to the guide on your League’s website and publicizing it on your social media accounts. Once the guide is live, people can get candidate information, check voter registration status, find polling locations, learn who state and local elected officials are, and register to vote.
Local League webmasters can either install a widget or QR Code, or upload a graphic and have it link to VOTE411.org. Here is the widget code and QR instructions. If you have questions, contact Brynne Gorman, bgorman@lwvma.org.
Tools for Voter Registration
- How to Register to Vote (Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth)
- Check Your Voter Registration Status
- Where to Vote
- Voter Registration in Massachusetts
- LWVUS Naturalization Ceremony Voter Registration Toolkit
- Automatic Voter Registration FAQ (Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth)
Tools for High School Voter Registration
2026 High School Voter Registration Toolkit
- Google Docs VERSION: Voter Registration and Voter Education Tool Kit for High School Students
- PDF VERSION: Voter Registration and Voter Education Tool Kit for High School Students
- Resource about Voter Registration and How to Hold a Voter Registration Drive at Your School
- Voter Registration in MA: A Presentation for High Schools
- Canva Template Guidelines
- High School Graduation Card Canva Template
- Voter Registration Drive Canva Template
Additional High School Voter Registration Resources
Candidate Forums – General Information
- Using Zoom for Candidate Forums Training, Sept. 15, 2020: forum recording and presentation slides
- Countdown clocks for virtual forum timekeeping
- Tips for avoiding Zoom bombings at virtual candidate forums
- Policy for Candidates Debates and Forums (LWVMA)
- FAQs: Candidate Forums and Debates (LWVUS)
- Presentation (Council 2012) on Multi-League Candidate Forums
- “Candidating”: An Innovative Approach to Candidate Events
- Candidating Powerpoint
- LWVMA Guide to Asking Unbiased Questions
- Policy for participating in coalitions
Tools for Debates and Forums
- General Task List
- Sample Letters, Waivers, and Letterhead
- Sample Forum Timing Schedule
- Sample Moderator Script
- Sample Questions for Debates and Voters
- Sample Ground Rules
Information for Moderators
- Sample Script
- Moderator Handbook
- Candidate Grids
- Moderator Training Recording (August 5, 2026)
- Moderator Training Presentation Slides (August 5, 2026)
- For a .pptx version of this file, email lwvma@lwvma.org
- Moderator Training Presentation Slides (August 5, 2026)
- Moderator Training Recording (August 15, 2024)
- Moderator Training Recording (February 16, 2021)
Ballot Questions
Absentee Voting
Tools For Getting Out the Vote
- Voting in Massachusetts Brochure: English & Spanish
- “The Power of the Youth Vote” MA Civics Learning Week Presentation featuing LWVMA, Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, and the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) (Markch 15, 2021)
Local Leagues should feel free to share the YouTube links for the winning videos from LWVMA’s “Get In the Game and Vote” contest on their websites, Facebook, and Twitter. The YouTube links can be accessed via the press release below.