Town Charter Review Committee
The committee's work will determine whether amendments or revisions of specific provisions to the Charter are warranted, based on the LWVA’s “good government” principles. We will also observe the Town’s Charter Review process, and update the Steering Committee as to new developments.
Committee members: Darcy Dumont, Marla Jamate, Julian Hynes and Janet Potash.
Click here for 1st Slide presentation from 3/17/2024
Click here for 2nd Slide presentation from 4/14/2024
Click here for 3rd Slide presetation from 5/5/2024.
Click here for video recordings.
CLICK HERE to read the Town Charter RECOMMENDATIONS based on the LWVA Member Consensus.
TOPICS FOR FUTURE STUDY:
Annual meeting voted on June 13, 2024 to conduct the following two studies, given members interested in working on the studies.
1. Study changing to a Council/Mayor Form of government, with or without a manager, in order to have an elected executive (ARTICLE 1).
2. Study if a voter veto resident vote should be required to be the same percentage in the affirmative as the original vote being challenged in order to pass (ARTICLE 8).
If you are interested in serving on this study committee please email: [email protected]
INPUT FROM STATE AND NATIONAL LWV ON TERM LIMITS:
The consensus committee voted to support term limits for town councilors and school committee members and for the office of Council President. After the votes, the Town Charter Task Force was advised that there is a National LWV position opposing term limits that was also supported by LWVMA. The Task Force is in the process of conferring with both State and National about the applicability of the 1991 position to local leagues.
Voter Service
Chair Jessica Ryan
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For Town of Amherst election information see Amherst's Elections page.
Healthcare
Chair Barbara Pearson
Dedicated to educating and mobilizing League members to work toward legislation and other reforms. These efforts aim to achieve the objectives of our LWVUS health care position, with a particular emphasis on an expanded and improved Medicare for All: a single-payer system.
HCR4US Toolkit
HCR4US Youtube Channel
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Racial Justice
Chair Marcie Sclove
Read more about our Racial Justice Committee on our dedicated page:
And watch our Judy Brooks Series on our YouTube channel