Page 2 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Councillors announce Kennedy Meet & Greet Councillors Steven Morabito and Patrick Keefe will be hosting a Meet & Greet for Joseph Kennedy, III on Sunday, March 1st 7:00PM - 9:00PM at Dryft Restaurant. Revere residents nonchalant about early voting By Barbara Taormina And who can blame them? T MassPort Noise Complaint Line: 617-561-3333 his week was the fi rst time Massachusetts voters could take part in early voting for the presidential primaries, and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin expected a strong early turn out among the state’s 4.4 million voters, which is expected to boost the fi nal Super Tuesday turnout tally. Early voting has been a huge electoral improvement for people whose work schedules, family commitments and other obligations make it diffi cult to get to the polls on Election Day. But Revere seems to have uttered a collective “Meh” about early voting. On Tuesday afternoon, well into the second day of early voting, only 149 ballots had been cast at the American Legion. There’s just something about early voting that doesn’t seem to grab much attention or spark the enthusiasm of Revere voters. There are no swarms of campaign workers with signs on the street, no bake sales at the polls, no lines that give long-lost neighbors a chance to catch up on news and gossip, no hoopla, no enthusiasm no sense of being part of a huge event that unites people no matter what party they belong to or which candidate they support. While Galvin might sense that early voting will bolster voter turnout, Revere seems on a steady course. Like a lot of cities and towns, Tuesday’s turnout will probably be similar to the 2016 presidential primaries, when there was a hot race between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Revere handed Clinton a victory with 52 percent of the votes. The city’s Republicans were even kinder to Donald Trump, who won nearly 73 percent of the 3,128 ballots cast. This year’s race to watch is between Bernie Sanders, who has captured the imaginations of younger voters under 40 and die hard progressives, and Elizabeth Warren, who must have some local loyalty working in her favor. As in all primaries, unenrolled voters and voters with a political designation can request ballots for the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian or Green Rainbow candidates. Once they have voted, their unenrolled status or political designation are automatically restored. Presidential primaries are also elections where voters chose their Ward Committee members. If the primaries lead into a general election between Trump and Sanders, there will be sharp lines drawn in a fi ght where most people will choose a side and defend it with vehemence. Tuesday is a chance to vote and get in early on the action. Everett's Newest Real Estate Office Commercial Sales and Leasing Residential Home Sales Real Estate Consulting Apartment Rentals Real Estate Auctions Business Brokerage Personal Property Appraisals Mass Licensed Auctioneer 560 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149 | 617-512-5712 | sam@broadwayRE.com ADRIANA RESNICK DOMENICA RIGGIO SAM RESNICK
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