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FAIRHAVEN The Board of Selectmen set a date for a Special Town Election for the recall of Selectmen Chair Daniel Freitas: Monday, July 26.
A recall petition against Freitas was certified by the Town Clerk after exceeding the required signatures of 20% of the town’s registered voters 2,384 signatures were needed, and 2,521 signatures were received.
Freitas, who is still serving as Chair of the Selectmen, is calling for an investigation into the authenticity of the signatures on the petition.
Freitas had to recuse himself from this portion of the May 10 Selectmen meeting where, on the advice of town counsel, a recall election must be scheduled.
FAIRHAVEN The group seeking to recall Board of Selectmen Chair Daniel Freitas is proclaiming a victory after the town’s Board of Registrars certified that the petition exceeded the amount of signatures required to pass.
Signatures from 20% of the town’s registered voters, or 2,384 signatures, were required for the recall petition to pass. According to notice issued on May 3 and signed by the Registrars Office and Town Clerk Carolyn Hurley, 2,521 signatures were verified.
In response, Freitas is calling for an investigation into the validity of the petition.
Attorney Ernest Horn, representing Freitas, said Freitas only received a copy of the petition the day after the certification. Horn is filing for a new review by the Town Clerk. The reasoning, according to Horn, are the appearance of “significant discrepancies” in the petition.