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Petitioner asks Worcester to add local recall elections; subcommittee votes to file petition
Summary
Joanna L. Hampton Dantz presented a petition to amend the Worcester City charter to permit local recall elections. City Solicitor Alex Calcuttas told the subcommittee such a change would require a charter commission and resident approval; the committee voted to file the petition for later consideration.
Joanna L. Hampton Dantz told the municipal and legislative operations subcommittee she was "fully in favor of amending the charter to, reflect the voter recall," arguing that recall authority would provide accountability when elected officials do not perform their duties. "If you're not doing the duties of the people of the city... then we should be able to vote you…
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