Town caucuses will be held over the coming weeks to elect delegates to the 2017 Massachusetts Democratic Convention.
Registered Democrats will be able to vote on or run as delegates. Elected delegates will gather at the convention to adopt a new party platform on June 3 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell.
Caucus information for various towns in the area are listed below.
The Easthampton caucus will occur Saturday at 10 a.m. to elect nine delegates and four alternatives. It will be held at the Municipal Building, 50 Payson Ave.
For more information, contact Chair Laurie Garcia at easthamptondems@gmail.com, or visit the groupโs Facebook page at facebook.com/easthamptondems
The Southampton caucus will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. to elect four delegates and four alternatives. Doors will open at 9:45 a.m. It will be held at Southampton Town Hall, 210 College Highway.
For more information, contact Janet Cain at southamptonmadems@gmail.com or visit the groupโs Facebook page at facebook.com/SouthamptonMaDemocraticTownCommittee/
The Amherst caucus will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. to elect 23 delegates and five alternatives. It will be held at the Jones Library Woodbury Room, 43 Amity St.
The Goshen caucus will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. to elect one delegate and one alternative. It will be held at Goshen Town Hall in the upstairs meeting room, 40 Main St. For more information, contact Chairwoman Elizabeth Bell-Perkins at 413-548-5566.
The Belchertown caucus will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. at Belchertown Town Hall, 2 Jabish St.
The Leverett caucus will take place Sunday at 3 p.m. to elect two delegates. It will be held at Town Hall, 9 Montague Road. For more information, contact Chairwoman Barbara Tiner at barbara@wetlanded.com, or visit mass.dems.org.
The South Hadley caucus will occur on Saturday, March 11, at 11 a.m., to elect seven delegates and four alternatives. It will be held at Town Hall in the Selectboard Meeting Room, 116 Main St. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. Registration ends at 11:15 a.m.
For more information, contact Chairwoman Barbara Magnuson at southhadleydtc@gmail.com, or Vice Chairman Leonard Finkowski at leonard60@gmail.com.
The Hadley caucus will be on March 25 at 1 p.m. at the Council on Aging, 46 Middle St.
Other communities, including Northampton and Granby, have already occurred.
