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Quincy Quarry News’ media brethren at Boston 25 as well as other area media outlets have reported that voting places in Quincy are (yet again, ed.) going to be subject to monitoring by federal election monitors.
Federal elections in Quincy in recent years have been monitored by the feds, something many of these media failed to mention..
While the feds are tight-lipped as to why they are monitoring Quincy elections, such monitoring is typically indicative of concerns held by the feds.
At the same time, Quincy Quarry News personnel have noticed considerable turnover among local poll workers with the new workers typically younger, professional and more diverse than in years past.
In turn, score such as one may.
Where the past is always the present, and ‘transparency’ is something we look at through frosted glass. I mean, what is Quincy’s electoral strategy at this point? Running an annual ‘How to Catch a Federal Monitor’ seminar?
Is it really so hard to just run an election without attracting federal attention like we’re some chaotic frontier town? For once, it’d be refreshing to go through a voting season without needing the Justice Department to act as our hall monitors. And here’s a wild idea: how about letting the voters decide who runs things, instead of allegedly deciding it for them? Until then, Quincy will keep attracting feds like a moth to a bonfire. 👏”