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Petitioners say Board of Elections certified signatures to put data‑center charter change on November ballot
Summary
Petition organizers told Council they had submitted at least 3,200 Trenton signatures—about 41.7% of the city’s 7,673 registered voters—and that the Board of Elections certified the initiative, returning materials for the City to complete by the Aug. 5 statutory deadline.
Amy Humbert, a leader of the petition effort, told City Council that petitioners had gathered at least 3,200 signatures from Trenton residents and that the Board of Elections had certified the initiative and returned the required materials to the City.
"Based on the most recent voting information, there were 7,673 registered voters in the City of Trenton, and the petition effort had collected at least 3,200 signatures," Humbert said, a total she described as roughly 41.7% of registered voters. She told Council the group believed it had collected enough signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot and urged the City to complete its portion of the paperwork by the August 5 statutory deadline.
Humbert also pressed Council on transparency, saying residents were not given an opportunity to provide input on a possible second data center during earlier site-plan review processes. She asked the City to publish monthly summaries of actions so residents who cannot attend meetings can remain informed. The Board of Elections certification and the August 5 deadline were cited by petitioners as the next procedural steps.
Council did not make a formal decision on the petition during the meeting; rather, the public comment was entered into the record and petition proponents said they would pursue the ballot initiative process as certified by the Board of Elections.
