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During a meeting of the commission yesterday, City Council candidate John R. Pitkin accused the commission of failing to inform the public of changes that came as a result of redrawing precinct lines...
...result of these changes is that the voting places for thousands of voters have been changed without public notice," said Pitkin, the former president of the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. "Without immediate, massive publicity on these changes, on election day many voters will be discouraged from voting, and the election will be a shambles...
...After Pitkin's complaint, the commission voted to post public notices at three polling locations that will not be used in the November election. The commission had initially decided to inform voters by postcard that several precincts were consolidated and five polling places closed, instead of issuing an official public notice...
...Pitkin suggested posting large signs immediately at closed polling places, informing voters of their new precincts...
...work in Holyoke Center, I [could] seeyou picking up some seafood during lunch hour,"Pitkin said...