The next Amherst town election is Tuesday, November 4, and seats on the Town Council, Amherst School Committee, Jones Library Board of Trustees, and other elected positions are all on the ballot. All elected positions are for 2-year terms.
We’ve created a new space on our website to be your go-to resource for all-things-election! Whether you’re looking for information about who’s running and where they stand on key issues or what their proposals and ideas are, we’ll collect the critical information and share it HERE.
2025 Election Timeline
Here are the key milestone dates for this year’s town election.
- July 1: Nomination papers are now available at the Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall
- September 16: Completed nomination papers with the requisite number of voter signatures are due to the Town Clerk by 5:00 pm.
- October 2: Last day to withdraw nomination papers (and not appear on the ballot).
- October 24: Last day to register to vote
- November 4: Town election day; polls will be open 7:00 am – 8:00 pm.
Find more information about the election and nominations on the town website.
Town Council Election
There are 3 At-Large councilor positions and 2 District councilor positions for each of Amherst’s 5 Districts. All positions are up for election.
Cathy Schoen, District 1, and Pat De Angelis, District 2, announced recently that they will not seek reelection. Lynn Griesemer has taken out nomination papers for both an at-large seat and a District 2 seat, and newcomer Louis Conover has taken out papers for District 1. Candidates for at-large seats must collect 50 valid signatures to appear on the ballot, while candidates for district seats and other elected offices must collect 25 signatures.
We will report updates about council candidate nominations on our 2025 election information page.
School Committee
There are 5 members on the Amherst School Committee, all of whom also represent Amherst on the Regional School Committee. All positions are up for town-wide election.
Incumbent Sarah Marshall has taken out nomination papers.
We’ll add updates about school committee nominations on our 2025 election information page.
Library Board of Trustees
There are 6 members of the Library Board of Trustees. All positions are up for town-wide election.
Incumbent Austin Sarat has taken out nomination papers.
We’ll add updates about Library Board of Trustees nominations on our 2025 election information page.
Other Elected Positions
Voters also will elect someone to serve as the Oliver Smith Will Elector as well as 3 members of the Housing Authority. Read more about these positions and the scope of their responsibility on the town website.
We’ll add updates about these elected positions on our 2025 election information page.
THE AMHERST CURRENT 
This is a great service for the Amherst Current to provide! Was also happy to see the timely updates! Please also add a link on that page to the Town webpage on campaign finance reports so people don’t have to go hunting for it — and people should be aware of it!
Why? only candidates for election who have filed a statement of organization can accept donations — until that paperwork filed with Town Clerk, candidate can’t accept any checks or in kind contributions
(A political committee may not accept any contributions, make any expenditures or incur any liabilities until the treasurer qualifies for the office of treasurer by completing, signing and filing Form CPF M101.
Candidates without a committee must also file the M 101 form, with the “candidate only” box checked. The
committee portions of the form are not completed by a “candidate only.”)
And *none* of the new candidates have done it yet per https://www.amherstma.gov/1327/Campaign-Finance-Reports
Although it’s certainly possible they filed it at the Town Clerk’s office and due to vacation etc Town Clerk’s office is behind on getting them uploaded…
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Thanks for the suggestion! The link has been added on the page: 2025 Election Central.
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