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Committee hears municipal home-rule petitions on recall thresholds and term limits from Pembroke and Bridgewater

3214642 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

Representatives described local petitions to lower recall petition signature thresholds in Pembroke and to add recall procedures and term limits in Bridgewater; both are home-rule petitions requiring legislative consideration and voter ratification.

Several local officials and lawmakers asked the Joint Committee on Election Laws to advance home-rule petitions that would change recall procedures and establish term limits in two Massachusetts towns.

Representative (unnamed in transcript) described Pembroke's vote to amend its recall law after a local incident and said the town seeks to lower the required petition…

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