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MUSICAL CHAIRS AT CITY HALL
Nancy Lo gets a new job
BY ADAM REILLY

Boston election commissioner Nancy Lo, who presided over a controversial preliminary election in September 2003, has a new job at City Hall. Lo will join the city’s embattled Inspectional Services Department as an executive assistant to William Good, who became acting ISD commissioner after Kevin Joyce’s ouster earlier this month (see "Reform Agenda," Editorial, April 9).

Mayoral spokesman Seth Gitell cast Lo’s tenure as election commissioner — which began in December 1999, after Abe Hantout resigned following revelations of departmental corruption and mismanagement — as ideal preparation for her new role. "Nancy Lo has a demonstrated record of reform and results at the Election Department," Gitell said Tuesday. "She took over a deeply troubled department and oversaw reforms that were in line with recommendations mentioned in the McKinsey and Co. report" — a consultant’s report calling for improved technology and management in the department.

But Lo drew unwelcome attention for her handling of Boston’s 2003 preliminary election, in which electronic-voting machines were used for the first time. A harshly critical report issued by Secretary of State William Galvin documented numerous violations of polling laws and regulations, including improper handling of ballots and insufficient staffing at voting sites. On Tuesday, however, Lo — who said she was moving to the ISD at the request of Mayor Tom Menino — defended her record as election commissioner. "We had a major change in the voting system, and we anticipated there were going to be issues," Lo said. "But all the polls opened on time, nobody was denied the right to vote, and there was no question on the integrity of the election."

Lo, who has long been regarded as a member of Menino’s inner circle, is currently on vacation and will assume her new post when she returns. Her role promises to be much the same as the one she had in the Election Department: taking a consultant’s report documenting departmental shortcomings and moving to implement them. Lo cites improving ISD’s use of technology and streamlining the department’s application process as two of her top goals. She’ll be replaced in the Election Department by John Donovan, an election staffer who will take over as acting commissioner.


Issue Date: April 30 - May 6, 2004
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