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Swansea governance committee leans toward offering vote to return from SB2 to town meeting
Swansea Conservation Commission / Planning Review (selectmen meeting combined) · September 26, 2025
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Summary
The governance committee discussed returning from SB2 to town meeting to increase participation in deliberation, citing past intimidation at town meetings and proposing outreach such as mock meetings, social media and Coffee Connection sessions.
Members of the governance committee briefed the commission on a review of town government forms and said the committee is leaning toward placing a question before voters to return from SB2 to a town‑meeting format, Speaker 1 said.
Speaker 1 explained the change to SB2 in about 2005 was intended to increase voter participation…
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