Franklincountynow.com Staff Report
(undated) — The recently implemented social distancing protocols have created an interesting problem for candidates for public offices. Politicians seeking state and federal positions need to acquire a certain number of voter signatures to get on the ballot, which ordinarily might be done by going door to door or at campaign events, which are now banned because of the current stay-at-home order. Bills are pending in the Massachusetts House and Senate which would establish a “vote by mail” system which could be ready to go in time for the fall primary election.