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