Just 10 registered voters can require the select board to put an article on the annual town meeting warrant.
For a special town meeting it takes 100 voters (or 10%, whichever is less); 200 voters (or 20%) can compel the select board to call a special town meeting within 45 days (M.G.L. c.39 s.10).
Receipt Massachusetts General Laws, c.39 s.10 (malegislature.gov)
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Residents can put a nonbinding advisory question on their town election ballot by petition.
Start with 10 voters petitioning the governing body; if it does not approve at least 90 days before the election, a petition of 10% of registered voters (minimum 20) filed with the registrars places it on the ballot (M.G.L. c.53 s.18A), unless a town charter sets another procedure.
Receipt Massachusetts General Laws, c.53 s.18A (malegislature.gov)
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Under the Open Meeting Law, a local board must post notice of every meeting at least 48 hours ahead (not counting weekends and legal holidays), listing the topics the chair expects to discuss.
Email exchanges among a quorum about public business count as 'deliberation' under the law (M.G.L. c.30A ss.18, 20).
Receipt Massachusetts General Laws, c.30A s.20 and s.18 (malegislature.gov)
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Massachusetts' online state checkbook, CTHRU, lets anyone look up state payments to a vendor by fiscal year, fund and appropriation — no records request needed.
Caution: CTHRU truncates long vendor names and lags current spending, so a zero result is not proof no money was paid.
Every nonprofit that spends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a year must file a public single audit listing each federal program and dollar amount.
Search by organization name at the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.