Together, the colonists and their hosts strategized a naked power grab of the town government. Grafton had fewer than eight hundred registered voters, most of whom didn’t show up on election days. They figured that just a couple of dozen new voters could join an existing base of like-minded people to tip the scales in favor of a new order. Might it be possible, Condon asked, to defund the local public school district? There’s already talk about that, said Rosalie, who was a payroll clerk with the local regional school district.
