At every town election cycle in the spring, the LWV-MV holds candidate forums in each town – only where there are competitive (two or more candidates for each open position) races. When ALL races in a town are un-contested, there is NO forum. MVTV will video each town’s forum and upload to their channel within 48 hours to make it available on demand. All forum links will remain on this page until the end of May 2026 for reference.
Below is a chart of candidate forum dates along with dates of each town’s annual meeting (ATM) and annual town election (ATE).
The videos of the completed LWV Candidates Forum for West Tisbury, Oak Bluffs , Chilmark and Tisbury are now available on the local MVTV website On Demand, and will be aired periodically on the local channel 6 until after the election. The video link for the WT Forum is HERE. The video link for the OB forum is HERE. The link for the Chilmark Forum is HERE. The video link for the Tisbury Forum can be found HERE.
Town residents should contact their town clerks for balloting information, last date for submitting papers to run for a particular office and how to register to vote. Contact information for each town clerk can be found HERE.
LOCATION AND TIMES OF EACH TOWN’S FORUM:
| AQUINNAH | No Forum – no contested races | ATM 5/12/2026 | ATE 5/14/2026 |
| CHILMARK | completed; video link available | ATM 4/27/26 | ATE 4/29/26 |
| EDGARTOWN | No Forum – no contested races | ATM 4/14/26 | ATE 4/16/26 |
| OAK BLUFFS | completed; video link available above | ATM 4/14/26 | ATE 4/16/26 |
| TISBURY | completed; video link available above | ATM 4/28/26 | ATE 5/12/26 |
| WEST TISBURY | completed; video link available above | ATM 4/14/26 | ATE 4/16/26 |
Page updated 5/5/2026