MA Senate Seat Update -Apathy. It’s What’s For Dinner
“No one’s really paying attention,” said Maria Tomasia, an election official in New Bedford, which had anemic early turnout. “I’m very disappointed. I thought it would be large turnout considering it’s Kennedy’s seat. I thought in his honor, his memory, they’d go out in larger numbers, but they’re not.”
By 6 p.m, 52,653 ballots had been cast in Boston, a mark that represented less than 15 percent of the city’s registered voters. The main branch of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square was typical: Several precincts vote there, but this afternoon the library was as empty as a church at midnight on New Year’s Eve.