Requests for absentee ballots in next Tuesday’s special U.S. Senate election have slipped 22% from the January 2010 special election, the Boston Globe reports.
Secretary of State William F. Galvin’s office said he was “extremely concerned” about the level of voter participation in the race between Ed Markey (D) and Gabriel Gomez (R).


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