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Commission Duty Bound
"Anybody who's ever had anything to do with politics knows who the guy with the bum arm is," Councillor DeGuglielmo said. He thought the Election Commission was duty-bound to give the voters an honest election, and that it should check all ballots notarized by this person to see...
Election law requires an absentee voter to seal his ballot in an envelope, which is then notarized. This envelope is placed in an outer envelope, which is also sealed. DeGuglielmo said he proposed to the Commission that it open these outer envelopes, identify the notarizer, and if a ballot has...
Should the voter request an inspection, DeGuglielmo wants one to be conducted. Should the voter not desire an inspection, he said, then the Commission should place the inner envelope back in the outer one.
Hartnett said people at the State House told him that the ballots could not be opened without a court order. DeGuglielmo said earlier that the Commission need not follow his specific suggestions, but unless it took some constructive measures to investigate the allegations, he might seek an immediate writ of...