JACKSON HOLE, WYO – The referendum petition against Ordinance 1197 related to Character Districts 3-6 received by the Town of Jackson yesterday at the deadline (4:44pm) has come up short.
The County Clerk’s office confirmed verbally that the current number of qualified electors in the Town of Jackson at 4:42 pm was 5,381, which indicated that 538 signatures from registered voters was needed for the petition to be considered valid. An initial review of the petition showed 495 signatures.
After receiving the list of registered voters from the County Clerk this morning, the records indicated that the official number of qualified electors was 5,497. That increased the number of signatures necessary to 549.
Upon a thorough review of the petition the Town Clerk was able to determine that there were not enough signatures to proceed with any further steps in the certification process.
As the petition does not contain 10% of the qualified electors registered in the Town of Jackson, the Town Clerk was unable to certify the petition as being legally sufficient.
The petition will now be considered as public comment to the Town Council and be placed into the public record as such.
