A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a recommendation from the Cambridige Election Commission regarding the assignment of thirty-two (32) police officers and any additional officers as required to the City’s polling locations for all elections in FY24, pursuant to G.L. c. 54, §72

1 CITY OF CAMBRIDGE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS 51 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 ▪ Telephone [phone removed] ▪ TTY: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] ▪ Email: Elections2@cambridgema.gov ▪ Website: www.cambridgema.gov/election COMMISSIONERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ethridge A. King, Jr. Tanya L. Ford Larry W. Ward Charles J. Marquardt ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Victoria A. Harris Lesley Waxman To: Yi-An Huang City Manager From: Board of Election Commissioners Date: September 27, 2023 Re: Recommendation to Assign Police Officers for the November 7, 2023, Municipal Election and the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary In accordance with MGL Chapter 54, Section 72, the City Manager recommends that the City Council approve the assignment of thirty-two (32) officers and any additional officers as needed “to preserve the order and to protect the election officers and supervisors from any interference with their duties and aide in enforcing the laws relating to elections” for the November 7, 2023 Municipal Election and the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary, with the names and specific location assignments to be determined by the Cambridge Police Commissioner or designated authorized police personnel in coordination with the Executive Director of the Election Commission.