More Signatures Needed for Newton Charter Commission Ballot Question
The League of Women voters collected around 2,500 signatures on Election Day 2012 -- but there is more work to be done.
Although many local campaigns ended on Election Day, the Newton League of Women Voters (LWVN) is pressing on with its mission for a charter commission ballot question. The LWVN is currently collecting signatures for a ballot question that would ask voters in November 2013 whether the city should form a Newton Charter Commission, a nine-person committee that studies the Newton charter and proposes changes to the city government. The LWVN spent Election Day 2012 collecting signatures for the ballot question and managed to gather approximately 2,500 names. But, there's still plenty of work to do. According to LWVN Co-President Sue Flicop, the LWVN needs to collect about 4,200 more signatures to add to previous collection efforts and meet the…
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