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Graduate Students’ Unionization Effort at Harvard Could Come Down to Disputed Ballots

Matthew McDonald

The No votes outnumber the Yes votes currently, but there are enough disputed ballots to flip the result. The university and the union organizers disagree over whether certain types of graduate students are eligible to vote.

Around New England

Write-In Candidate Wins School Committee Seat With Just 3 Votes

Matthew McDonald

The school committee in the western Massachusetts town of Hadley had only one candidate for two available slots in the annual town election. So a man decided to throw his hat into the ring, getting his wife and a friend to vote for him — and himself makes three.

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