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Town meeting no longer a big draw

By Michele Morgan Bolton

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 20, 2012

It’s town meeting season in Massachusetts, and the age-old democratic tradition that once drew overflow crowds to vote on town business is prompting aggravation in some communities south of Boston, which have at times had to resort to cellphone calls and e-mails this spring to get enough people to show up. The quorum issue, in a changing world, has prompted some officials to wonder whether the historic public process that dates to Mayflower days has finally run its course.

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