Less than 24 hours after Davidson County election commissioners chose to let voters decide whether to adopt changes to the Metro charter, including a limit on property tax raises, Nashville’s
A referendum effort by 4 Good Government to limit Metroâs ability to raise property taxes is not dead yet.
Davidson County election commissioners determined Saturday that 12,142 voter signatures â a number determined by the August election, not the November election â are needed to place the 4 Good Government petition on a ballot.
Election commission staff have verified 12,398 petition signatures were submitted, according to Administrator of Elections Jeff Roberts.
The commission has yet to vote that sufficient signatures have been submitted, or to vote on whether to send the matter to voters in a referendum election.
According to Nashvilleâs Metro Charter, a charter amendment may go to voters in a referendum election if a petition is submitted with voter signatures equal to 10% of participation in the last municipal general election.