Agawam City Council rejects voter ID resolution by thin margin
Updated 3:35 PM;
AGAWAM By the thinnest possible margin, city councilors this week rejected a call for more stringent voter identification laws.
The council voted 6-5 on Monday against a resolution that would have petitioned the state Legislature to require voters to produce proof of identity and return to the pre-pandemic rules that allowed mail-in voting only in cases of necessity for medical, religious or travel reasons.
“I really don’t think there is a big problem in the state of Massachusetts, when it comes to elections,” said Councilor Paul Cavallo, who voted against the resolution after having previously described himself as undecided. In local elections, he said, “I don’t think there has ever been any fraud or corruption involved.”
The city of Agawam is mulling a fee for electric vehicle charging at municipal parking lots. The city owns a network of seven electric vehicle charging stations, which have been free to use since they were installed in December.
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