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Several Massachusetts cities on federal list to be monitored for elections irregularities tomorrow
By adamg on Mon, 11/04/2024 - 2:05pm
The Justice Department is out with list of 86 cities across the country where it will be keep a watch for "compliance with federal voting rights laws," including Everett, Malden, Methuen, Quincy and Salem (as well as Fitchburg, Leominster and Lowell).
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will coordinate the effort. Monitors will include personnel from the Civil Rights Division, other department divisions, U.S. Attorney’s Offices and federal observers from the Office of Personnel Management. Throughout Election Day, division personnel will maintain contact with state and local election officials.
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Not surprised Salem is on the
Not surprised Salem is on the list; voted in an election the year I lived there and there was some “True the Vote” bigot from Marblehead harassing people of color entering the polling location about their immigration status and asking white passing voters if they’d sign a petition on some border wall gibberish.
Me and an older guy went in to let the Salem PD in the polls know and he couldn’t be bothered. She only left when me and the other concerned citizen started talking about federal charges and attempted to snap a photo of the license plate on her late model Mercedes SUV.
Pelham, Plaistow, and Nashua...
Should have monitors to defeat Trump's assertion that busloads of people came into NH from Lawrence and Lowell (You know - those people) and voted in NH.
He threw that out into the ether in 2016 when he lost NH.
One thing I know is there are few people more true to their jobs and mission than a New Hampshire town / city clerk.
Busloads from Boston!
I remember that. Those supposed voter buses were full of NH-based commuters heading to their polls after work before going home to their families.
I even found one of those "buses full of voters from Massachusetts" in an early morning Google Street View discharging passengers in downtown Boston from a couple years before. It was a Concord Trailways bus that had the same numbers and exact same plate.
I put the pics side by side and then rubbed a bunch of noses in them.
It was as stupid and hilarious as the supposed pictures of "rioters in PDX" with German Street signs or 2010 WTO Seattle markings.
A picture can tell 1000 lies.
The list includes three
The list includes three cities in Rhode Island. That's basically the entire state of Rhode Island.
Were these communities chosen
Were these communities chosen randomly or was there a reason they chose them? It looks like a random assortment of places and I do not recall hearing about most of them having any issues that would justify oversite.