Update: keep collecting signatures til July 10 @ NOON!

I write with some exciting news. You all have been SO GOOD at collecting signatures that we have more than 4,500 for the mayor (and a similar, but smaller number for the council, as yet uncounted). We are more than halfway to our goal of 8,000!

We have decided to extend our repeal referendum signature collecting until Wednesday, July 10. So PLEASE KEEP COLLECTING UNTIL THEN!

Our signature collection rate has been rising exponentially in the last couple of days, and I think we have a really good shot at this if we all get out there and pound the pavement!

More about why we have the extra two days for those interested: State law says we have 20 days after a measure’s final passage to collect 12% of registered voters’ signatures to repeal the measure, and City Clerk Nicole Crispo told Lorrie Thomas, the volunteer who wrote up the petitions, that we could start the 20-day count on June 20, with the signatures due on July 10. Lorrie emailed the clerk back the next day reiterating what the clerk had said and thanking her for her help. 

Originally, we decided to be extra conservative, in case the city chose to use June 18 for “final passage” date (the council vote was the night of June 17). But the clerk did tell Lorrie we could start the count on June 20 because that’s when she answered Lorrie’s question about when the final passage was. So because we have SO MUCH MOMENTUM – and new TV coverage, and people coming back from vacation now – we are going to try to reach our goal by July 10, when the clerk told us we could return signatures for a legally binding repeal.

So please go out and collect like mad til Wednesday (still try to return signatures to 117 Rawson as early and often as possible)!

Here are some suggested places to collect signatures (thanks for the list, Nate!):

• All grocery stores in town

• 2 Stop & Shops

• Star Market

• 99 Ranch

• H Mart

• All Public Transport

• North Quincy T Station

• Wollaston T Station

• Quincy Center T Station

• Adams T Station

• Marina Bay Ferry

• Major Shopping Areas

• North Quincy Target

• Walmart

• BJ's

I have clipboards on the porch at 117 Rawson Road if you’ve already turned yours in and want to go out again, as well as blank forms.

Onward, and THANK YOU for all your hard work thus far! We are at this exciting point because of you!

—Maggie