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Canton residents urge committee to approve home-rule petition moving town elections to November
Summary
Residents and local officials told the Joint Committee on Election Laws that moving Canton’s town elections from April to November would boost turnout and let newly elected officials fully participate in budget and town-meeting preparations.
Residents and elected officials from Canton told the Joint Committee on Election Laws they support Senate Bill 2605, a home-rule petition to move Canton's local elections from April to November.
Jennifer Wexler, a Canton resident who led the petition drive, told the committee that the ballot initiative passed in Canton by roughly 3-to-1 and that petitioners collected 2,369 signatures—more than the 10% threshold required to place a nonbinding referendum on the ballot. “The more Cantonites who vote, the better…
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