Please also vote absentee if you can't make it to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, January 19th. Remind returning college students and family members to vote absentee. You must request an absentee ballot in person or by mail before noon … [Read more...]
Archives for December 29, 2009
Save money, support democracy: H.683 is win-win
Amherst and Granby Rep. Ellen Story has introduced H.683 to allow 17 year olds to register to vote. MassVOTE's Young Civic Leaders makes the case: Some people say young people don't vote. But in the last presidential election, four … [Read more...]
GOPthink: “Gosh, if only there were some way to deny the Dems 60 votes in the Senate!”
It's remarkable, really. There is, to my knowledge, exactly one US Senate race happening in the country in the next 30 days. It's for an open seat, as the incumbent is not a candidate. And if the GOP won it, it would give … [Read more...]
Next for health care: push the House bill
Trains, not planes, for Lynn.
Winning government funding for projects and jobs in Massachusetts is a proper goal for any of our US Senators and members of Congress. Yet it is not enough that projects simply be located here to merit their support. Projects should create … [Read more...]