Go Straight To September: Expect Special Boston Mayoral Election To Be Waived
City Hall and a pedestrian reflected in a puddle on City Hall Plaza.
Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images By Adam Reilly, Mike Deehan, and Peter Kadzis
January 14, 2021
Boston will be able to skip special elections and proceed directly to September s non-partisan primary and November s final contest, officials on Beacon Hill and at City Hall have told GBH News.
Gov. Charlie Baker, who has the final word, said Thursday that he would most likely approve that plan.
“They clearly will show deference to the voters of Boston in this case, I believe,” Secretary of State Bill Galvin said earlier this week.
Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
JEERS to the urge to avoid a messy election, circumventing democracy, in picking someone to serve the remaining year of Lawrence Mayor Daniel Riveraâs second term.
The City Councilâs Ordinance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee is set to meet tomorrow to talk about seeking state permission to dodge a city charter requirement to hold a special election for mayor.
Rivera, elected to his first term in 2013, would be headed into his final year in office were he not recently named CEO of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency. He addressed the council last week, formally giving notice of his resignation as of Friday, Jan. 8.