Politics & Government
Moving Elections to November to be Decided in Public Referendum
The city clerk approved 2,500 signatures on Friday, overturning the council's decision to move elections to November and putting it up for a public vote.
The people of Hoboken will choose whether municipal elections will be moved to November in a .
An unofficial committee, which goes by the name "Let the People Decide," gathered more than 3,000 signatures over the past two and a half weeks. The committee was started after the city council decided to
The committee, headed by , needed 2,189 signatures to get the issue on the ballot. The city clerk's office certified 2,500 signature, Cryan said.
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Mayor Dawn Zimmer and her council majority are in favor of the move, saying it will increase voter turn out.
The move to November would mean that all sitting council members as well as the mayor would be in office for six more months, because they were all elected in municipal elections in May.
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