Westport News: Petitions for RTM Candidates Available Beginning July 23
Westport, CT – Town Clerk Patty Strauss announced today that residents interested in running for the Representative Town Meeting can pick up a petition at the Town Clerk’s office beginning Tuesday, July 23. Petitioners must gather 25 signatures from residents in their district in order to be on the ballot November 5. The completed petitions must be returned to the town clerk by September 10. “My staff will review the instructions with the petitioner,” Ms. Strauss said. “A district map and a list of district voters will be supplied to aid each petitioner in gathering the required signatures.” Members of the 36-member RTM are elected on a nonpartisan basis, with four delegates from each of the town’s nine voting districts. …