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NJ Court Rules Municipal Clerk’s Referendum Rejection Violated Faulkner Act
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently found that the clerk of the City of Hoboken failed to comply with Optional Municipal Charter Law, commonly known as the Faulkner Act, when refusing to file a referendum petition submitted by a committee of citizens. The case, Tumpson v. Farina, provides a great