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Committee hears Pembroke and Bridgewater home-rule petitions on recall and term limits
Summary
Representatives described local home-rule petitions: Pembroke asked to lower the signature threshold for recall petitions; Bridgewater seeks recall procedures and term limits that would later go to a town ballot.
Representatives and local officials brought several home-rule and local bills to the Joint Committee on Election Laws, including changes to recall procedures in Pembroke and home-rule petitions from Bridgewater to add recall procedures and impose term limits for town council members.
Representative Suites spoke briefly about H 8 72, a local Pembroke bill passed at town meeting that seeks to amend…
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