Haverhill voters veto town meeting

NORTH HAVERHILL—After Haverhill residents rejected provisional election procedures on Saturday, town officials said they will not ask for a special meeting and instead rely on the 2020 operating budget for the remainder of the year.
Australian ballot voting took place on March 13 for the annual town meeting. And while municipal elections conducted under article 1 will be valid, article 2 was voted down 409-264. That article asked voters to approve the pandemic-inducted meeting procedures for 2021. As a result, all of the subsequent articles on the warrant were automatically defeated, according to town officials.