Boston City Hall, Second Suffolk vote count -It's 2:30pm and we've only counted 20-something of the 73 precincts, so this is almost certainly going to continue into the evening. Some of us (me included) have to leave, so if you can … [Read more...]
Second Suffolk Filing – the final hours
On the street"Excuse me, are you registered to vote here in Boston?""We're asking Boston for a recount because they never properly counted the write-in votes in the election last week. I only need [N] more signatures, by 5pm … [Read more...]
How the Votes Were(n’t) Counted
Lack of adequate trainingAlmost 1/4 of the precincts didn't intend to hand count the write-in votes at all. Due to our efforts at Sonia's office - getting volunteers to talk to polling place wardens about it, and in several cases … [Read more...]
“They’re Supposed to Count the Votes, Right?”
A precinct warden had told our volunteer that she wouldn't need to observe the count after polls closed, because the poll workers didn't need to count the votes, just run them through the machine and then send them to city hall. It … [Read more...]
A Fourth Write-In Candidate for Boston’s Second Suffolk Senate Seat?
Word on the street is that a fourth Dem activist is about to toss his hat into the write-in ring for the Second Suffolk Senate District race. Does anyone have any inside scoop on that possibility? So it'll be Wilkerson, Samiyah … [Read more...]
Wilkerson getting payback from Boston Police?
Weirder and weirder. At the Phoenix, David Bernstein suggests that the Boston Police Department is feeding stories to the Herald that Sen. Diane Wilkerson might be indicted, for the purpose of affecting her primary race:Most of what … [Read more...]