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How underrepresented candidates in Mass. communities can be squelched by electoral systems
By Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff,Updated January 26, 2021, 5:32 p.m.
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In Everett, white, non-Hispanic residents make up less than 44 percent of the population, but they dominate city government.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/David L Ryan, Globe Staff
In Everett today, white, non-Hispanic residents make up less than 44 percent of the population, but they dominate city government. Seventy-five percent of the elected councilors and school committee members are white.
Thatâs no accident, critics say; itâs a natural outgrowth of the cityâs electoral system.
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