Amherst board to consider appeal on rejected Jones Library petition Updated May 03, 2021; AMHERST — The Board of Registrars is expected to convene Friday to consider an appeal from residents who claim a petition, which would have forced a townwide vote on the $36.3 million Jones Library renovation project, was wrongfully rejected. Town Manager Paul Bockelman said during Monday’s Town Council meeting that the issue is whether town officials improperly disqualified signatures on the petition. The council voted 10-2 on April 5 to authorize borrowing for the project. The town clerk’s office determined the petitioners were 22 signatures short of the required 864, or 5% of registered voters in town, to trigger the “voter veto” process. The petitioners said they submitted more than a thousand signatures and filed the appeal believing signatures were removed without cause.