By Barrett Seaman and Solace Church– As far back as the late 17th century, citizens of New England towns decided communal matters at “Open Town Meetings,” in which public issues and elections were discussed by the entire population gathered in one place at one time. When all sides had been heard, an elder or selectman would call for an up-or-down vote: “How say you, (Woodstock or Salem or Lowell)?” The people would then answer, “Yea” or “Nay,” and the issue […]
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