Boston's City Council elections last week recorded the lowest voter turnout in recent years, clocking in at 14 percent, or less than half the proportion who came to the polls in 2013. Yet participation has been above the basement-level national average of late.
In Boston's election two years ago, which drew about 38 percent of registered voters to the polls, a mayoral race topped the ticket. In a city with a powerful mayor's office, such contests often boost turnout. And in comparison to most U.S. cities, Boston's 2013 turnout was above average.
STATE HOUSE — The Bay State Muslim community on Thursday sought to assert itself at the State House in the areas of housing, schools and criminal justice.
"We are numerous, we are well-resourced, and we are involved in the highest levels in social justice organizing, so it makes sense that we would also be showing up at the State House," Nadeem Mazen told the News Service.
