In addition to voting, there are numerous opportunities to get actively involved in Town government. Plympton citizens serve on over forty boards and committees, and there are frequent openings. Officers are either appointed or elected.

The first step towards appointment is for a resident to notify the Board of Selectmen that he or she is interested in filling an open position. In addition to the regularly appointed positions, individual elected seats may be filled by appointment until the next election.

To serve in an elected seat, any interested, registered voter may run for office. To have his or her name posted on the election ballot, the candidate must, according to law, submit a nomination form, available at the Town Clerk's office, signed by “not less than 20 registered voters.” (The Clerk generally suggests additional signatures to avoid problems with signatures that might not be verifiable.)

Voters may also write in the name and address of a (registered voter) person (or affix a sticker with the appropriate information clearly legible) whom they would like to elect, who is not listed on the ballot. To serve in office, the person must be a registered voter.

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