Lowell Year in Review: 2022 Here are ten events, local and national, that were significant in Lowell politics in 2022: The first City Council and School Committee elected under the newly adopted hybrid system of local government took office in January. Three councilors were elected city-wide, and eight were elected from neighborhood districts (one per district). On the School Committee, two members were elected city-wide, and four were elected from neighborhood districts (one per district with two council districts combined to create one School Committee district). This new system was the result of a settlement of a lawsuit brought against the city by minority residents on the grounds that the city’s all at large method of electing councilors and School Committee members diluted the vote of minority communities in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act.
January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023
Lowell Year in Review: 2022 Here are ten events, local and national, that were significant in Lowell politics in 2022: The first City Council and School Committee elected under the newly adopted hybrid system of local government took office in January. Three councilors were elected city-wide, and eight were elected from neighborhood districts (one per district). On the School Committee, two members were elected city-wide, and four were elected from neighborhood districts (one per district with two council districts combined to create one School Committee district). This new system was the result of a settlement of a lawsuit brought against the city by minority residents on the grounds that the city’s all at large method of electing councilors and School Committee members diluted the vote of minority communities in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act.