Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to…
elections/voting
Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial…
Amherst Town Council Will Reconsider Its Vote To Consolidate Eight Polling Locations Into One Site At High School
The Amherst Town Council quietly posted an alternative plan for Amherst’s polling places to the…
Amherst Town Council Can Change Controversial Polling Place Consolidation Plan Until Aug. 12
Plan To Put 10 Precincts In A Single Gym Apparently Unknown To State Officials A…
Council Approves Water Agreement With Leverett, Hears Plans For North Amherst Library Renovation
Report On The Town Council Meeting of 8/3/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast…
Town Council Votes To Replace Eight Polling Sites With One
SPLIT COUNCIL NARROWLY PASSES CHANGE DESPITE WIDESPREAD OBJECTIONS A divided 13-member Town Council voted last…
Town Clerk Responds To Questions About Voting In Amherst
On Friday, August 1, 2020, Town Clerk Shavena Martin answered several of the questions and…
Letter: Town Council Must Rescind Its Vote To Consolidate Polling Locations
Late Monday night, by a bare 7-6 majority, the Amherst Town Council voted to consolidate…
Letter: Democratic Failings Observed At This Week’s Town Council And Planning Board Meetings
I was concerned this week by two points of process regarding Amherst governance. Town CouncilI…
Letter: Council Must Reject Polling Place Consolidation
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to members of the Town Council on Saturday August…