Select Board backs home rule petition to ‘Move the Vote’

Select Board backs home rule petition to ‘Move the Vote’

The ‘Move the Vote” campaign, which garnered widespread support at the April town election and in a follow-up vote at this year’s Annual Town Meeting, received another major boost on Tuesday when the Canton Select Board voted unanimously to send a draft home rule petition to Town Counsel Paul DeRensis for review before submitted it to the Massachusetts legislature for consideration. If ultimately approved at the state level, the petition would e…