Editorial: Voter apathy, upstarts, cliffhanger on display in Lowell elections

Editorial: Voter apathy, upstarts, cliffhanger on display in Lowell elections

Maybe the 89% of Lowell’s registered voters who didn’t bother to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s municipal elections exercised their indifference due to the power of the incumbency, which makes effecting change virtually impossible. They’d be surprised to see that exceptions to every rule include the unseating of current office holders. That occurred twice in City Council races, with both District 4 and District 7 incumbents ousted by upstart challen…