Town’s Legal Fees Mount As Amherst Fails To Set Date For Referendum On Library Project
The Town of Amherst was billed nearly $12,000 by a Boston law firm for work...
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Updated: Lawsuit Over Wrongfully Disqualified Signatures Filed In Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint Seeks Judgment Ordering Town To Certify At Least 76 Signatures Amherst voters who claim...
Town Clerk Uses Ex-Officio Role On Board Of Registrars To Kill Fresh Count Of Petition Signatures
At a virtual hearing of the Amherst Board of Registrars which lasted more than three...
Public Comment: Residents Ask Board Of Registrars To Correct Assistant Town Clerk’s Improper Rejection of Petition Signatures
The following public comments were offered at the Amherst Board of Registrars meeting on May...
Letter: Sometimes A Town Study Is Less Than A Town Study, It’s Actually A Cigar.
(w/apologies to uncle Sigmund Freud) After 3,400 years of the same discussions, I think many...
Board Of Registrars Takes No Action On Appeal Of Signature Disqualifications. Hearing Continued To Monday
Amherst voters whose signatures were disqualified from petitions seeking a referendum on the Jones Library...
Council Receives Update On Voter Veto Petition, Town Moves Forward With Jones Borrowing
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council (5/3/21) Editor’s note: This is one...
Amherst Petitioners Appeal To Board Of Registrars Over Wrongfully Rejected Signatures
A group of petitioners who seek a town-wide referendum on the $35.8 million approved.borrowing for...
Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court
Source: Marla Jamate A group of Amherst residents who are petitioning the Amherst Town Council...
Letter: Moratorium Is Last Resort For Residents Whose Questions And Concerns Are Routinely Dismissed By Town Government
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Planning Board...
Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19
Legal Remedy Sought In Voter Rights Case Source: Marla Jamate A group of Amherst residents...
Amherst Residents Seek Referendum On Borrowing For Jones Library Expansion
A group of Amherst residents is using the Voter Veto provision of the Town’s Charter...