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Brockton elections official urges one-year residency rule for local candidates
Summary
Cynthia Hogan, Brockton elections director, told the Joint Committee on Election Laws that the city needs a one-year domicile requirement for candidates to prevent people from using business addresses to run for office.
Cynthia Hogan, executive director of elections for the city of Brockton, told the Joint Committee on Election Laws she supports a change requiring people to live in Brockton for at least one year before running for local office.
"I'm here because I am for changing the I want to have the people that are running for office live in the city for a year," Hogan said, describing…
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