Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin announced on Wednesday that his office has launched an investigation into the Boston Elections Department following an Election Day debacle that forced police to rush extra ballots to several polling locations in the city.
“As you are aware, significant problems occurred with the administration of Tuesday’s State Election in the City of Boston. This Office has concluded, and Boston Election Officials have confirmed, that numerous polling locations throughout the City of Boston were not provided with a sufficient number of ballots for the election on Tuesday,” Galvin wrote in a letter addressed to Boston Election Commission Chair Eneida Tavares.
The letter, shared with Boston 25 News, added, “This is despite the fact that 766,200 ballots had been printed by this Office and delivered to the City of Boston. Further, this Office sent a reminder to all election officials on Monday, a copy of which is attached, regarding the delivery of sufficient ballot quantities to each polling place, as well as specific instructions for local election officials to maintain contact with poll workers to monitor ballot quantities.”