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

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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.

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.…