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OFFICE OF THE
TOWN & COUNTY
CLERK
16 Broad Street
NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 02554-3590
Catherine Flanagan Stover, MMC, CMMC
Town & County Clerk
(508) 228-7216
FAX (508) 325-5313
Home: (508) 228-7841
Email: cstover@nantucket-ma.gov
townclerk@nantucket-ma.gov
WEBSITE: http://www.nantucket-ma.gov
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TO:CITIZENS SUBMITTING ARTICLES FOR ATM 2017
FROM:CATHERINE FLANAGAN STOVER, MMC, CMMC
TOWN & COUNTY CLERK
DATE:October 22, 2016
RE:DEADLINES and advice for GATHERING SIGNATURES
Please contact us if you should have any questions after reading through this material.
Here are some important deadlines for you to keep in mind:
October 8, 2016 Warrant Opens for Citizens to submit Warrant Articles. Submit articles to
Selectmen’s Office, then to Town Clerk.
November 21, 2016 Warrant closes for citizen article submission at 4 PM sharp. Please plan
accordingly. You MUST bring to the Selectmen’s Office FIRST before submitting to the Town
Clerk. [DO NOT wait until the last day. If you don’t have enough good signatures, you must start
over.]
When gathering signatures on your Petition Papers, please keep the following in mind:
10 good, certifiable signatures of registered voters are necessary in order for your article to be
included on the warrant.
The Sponsor of the article (who should be the person who will stand and speak at Town Meeting)
should sign on Line #1.
Obtain more signatures than are actually required to be on the safe side! Reasons why signatures
cannot be certified: PO Box listed instead of street address; address listed is different from the
address on voting list; first or last name is different from name on voting list, Jr. or Sr. must be
written in; signer is not a registered voter. NO DITTO MARKS!