UTECVotes is a campaign to make sure all UTEC members and staff are registered and informed voters.
Since 2005, our members have hosted youth-led candidate forums. They identify issues that are important to them and draft questions to understand where each candidate stands. On election day, UTEC programming shuts down and we provide transportation to help young adults get out and vote.
Our mission is to ignite and nurture the ambitions of our proven-risk young adults to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. In addition to our street outreach, jail reentry, transitional coaching, social enterprise workforce development, and HiSet education, UTEC is committed to social justice, civic engagement, and youth organizing.
Register to Vote
2026 Special Election for Massachusetts State Senator (1st Middlesex District)
Primary date: February 3rd
Election date: March 3rd
Following the passing of State Senator Kennedy, a special election will take place to fill the vacant seat. The two candidates on the ballot are State Representatives Rodney Elliott and Vanna Howard.
As part of UTEC’s nonpartisan civic engagement work, young adults sat down with each candidate for a youth-led Q&A to better understand where candidates stand on issues impacting their lives and communities, like housing, access to resources, and criminal justice reform.
Stay tuned! We will create voter guides to help everyone in our community get to know all the candidates before election day. Check back on February 10th to view the guides.
Past Candidate Forums
2023
Watch the 2023 Candidate Forums
2022
Watch conversations from the 2022 Young Adult-Led Attorney General Candidate Series
2021
Watch the 2021 Candidate Forums
Disclaimer: UTEC young adults, staff, and board do not endorse any comments or answers made by candidates. UTEC is committed to social justice and ending racism in all forms. Our goal is to connect voters to candidates’ positions on issues that are central to young adults and our mission.