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A City Council vote Wednesday, Feb. 3, moved Boston a step closer to skipping the special election its charter would require if Mayor Marty Walsh resigns before March 5, as appears likely.
A day before Walsh, President Biden s pick for labor secretary, is set to appear in front of a U.S. Senate committee for his confirmation hearing, 12 of the council s 13 members voted in favor of a home rule petition that would dispense with the special election requirement and allow Council President Kim Janey to serve as acting mayor until the city s voters choose a successor to Walsh in the regularly scheduled fall election.
Mail-in voting delivered. Letâs not cancel it
Massachusettsâ pandemic-year-only system of expanded voting needs to be made a permanent fixture for future elections.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated December 13, 2020, 4:00 a.m.
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Jeff Silvestro (left) and Robert Merritt (right), of LHS Services, an election support company, with the day s final absentee and early-voting ballots inside City Council chambers at Boston City Hall, Nov. 3.Barry Chin/Globe Staff
As the current occupant of the White House continues to rail against mythical voting fraud and election officials in Georgia, Michigan, and Arizona are forced to seek police protection, Massachusetts seems an oasis of electoral sanity. This yearâs primary and general elections â which expanded the options for early voting and voting by mail â set records for voter turnout.