Amherst registrars won’t review signatures on library petition
Petitioners are trying to bring about a town referendum on the Jones Library renovation project. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 5/10/2021 8:22:38 PM
AMHERST An effort to declare null and void the recent certification of signatures on a voter veto effort to put the $36.3 million Jones Library project to a town referendum has been rejected by the Board of Registrars.
Board member Dee Shabazz asked that the board give itself the authority to evaluate the validity of signatures by using voter registration cards at a meeting Thursday. But the board deadlocked on the issue, with Shabazz joined by Jaime Wagner voting yes and colleagues Jacqueline Gardner and Town Clerk Susan Audette voting no.
Jones Library voter veto petition reaches Amherst town clerk s office
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Court grants Amherst petitioners more time to gather signatures to force town-wide vote on Jones Library funding
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Petitioners ask court to step in on push for Jones Library revote
An artist’s conceptio shows a renovated and expanded Jones Library as seen from next to the Amherst History Museum. COURTESY FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
An artist’s conception of what one side of the renovated and expanded Jones Library would look like from Amity Street in Amherst. FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
An artist’s conception of the new adult collections room in an expanded and renovated Jones Library. The roof of the 1928 building is to the right. FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
By SCOTT MERZBACH and GRETA JOCHEM
Staff Writer
AMHERST Petitioners have until Tuesday afternoon to collect more than 800 signatures, under a voter veto provision, to force the Town Council to reconsider its affirmative vote on the Jones Library expansion and renovation project.