According to Registrar of Voters Madeleine Pencak, Portsmouth's canvassing authority verified sufficient signatures this morning to hold a special referendum election on the school budget.

Pencak said there were "another 600" names left to count, so the Save Our Schools organizers had met the goal with room to spare.

Once the board finishes reviewing all the submitted signatures, the date will be set for the all-day election where the single question will be whether to maintain the budget set by the Town Council or add back $765K of the $1.2M that was cut.