Allowing vote on Jones Library project won’t stop Amherst petition lawsuit
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Published: 8/4/2021 7:55:18 PM
AMHERST — Despite the Town Council’s putting a referendum for the Jones Library project on the Nov. 2 town ballot, residents who filed a lawsuit against the town over disqualified signatures related to their voter-veto effort intend to press on with the case.
In a statement released Wednesday, Rita Burke, an Amherst resident for four decades, said that continuing the Hampshire Superior Court lawsuit is about protecting voting rights, and that the councilors’ decision to bring the $36.3 million expansion and renovation plan to a townwide vote doesn’t resolve the matter.