By Daniela Ginsburg, Special to the Reporter
Lines formed at some polling stations across Massachusetts, which opened at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and ran until 8 p.m. for the 2026 midterm elections. The Reporter asked voters which ballot questions they considered most important to Dorchester and the greater Boston area.
Florian Hall
Since 7 a.m., 83-year-old Dorchester resident Mary Ann Brown (shown above) held a “Yes on Question 3” sign outside the Florian Hall entrance. She believes it is the most impactful question on the ballot for Massachusetts voters.
Standing outside the station, Deb Goldberg, treasurer and receiver general of Massachusetts, spoke with voters — something she said her father had taught her as a little girl — to connect “one on one.”
She comes to the Florian Hall station every year because of its ties to her family’s firefighting history, with her grandfather having helped found the 100 Club and her grandmother having served as a volunteer firefighter during World War II, she said.
Goldberg (pictured above) said she does not support all party primaries because she believes the current process provides essential training for leaders. For Question 9, she voted to maint...