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The budget

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Public needs

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Dead ends & open questions

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Research for a better county

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The wider network

All counties Kindred work Where we sit in the field

How to trust this

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts · petitions

Petitions in Middlesex County

Sign what you agree with, start what’s missing, and share it with your neighbors. When a petition reaches its goal, it’s printed with the count by town and handed to the officials it names at a public meeting — and their answer is posted on what came of it. This is a petition to your elected officials — like the clipboard at the courthouse door. It does not put anything on the ballot; that takes the state’s official petition process.

Start a petition

Every petition here goes through the same lines as everything else on this site: no campaigning for candidates or ballot measures, and no naming county staff. Signatures are counted, not verified — one per browser — and the copy handed to officials removes duplicates. What came of past petitions.