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Committee approves recommendation on police assignments, poll-worker roster under new state election rules

5789358 · August 27, 2025
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Summary

Committee recommended the full council confirm police assignments to polling locations and a roster of election officers for the 2025 elections, citing recently enacted Votes Act and police-reform legislation.

The Appointments Committee on Aug. 26 recommended that the full Garden City Council confirm police officer security assignments for polling locations and the slate of election officers for the 2025–26 cycle, citing recent state legislation. The mayor told the committee that “under the Votes Act and the police reform bill that were both recently adopted by the state legislature and signed by Governor Baker… the general laws…

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