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SCOTUS may be rolling back voting rights, but…

July 3, 2013 By creightt

When the Supreme Court invalidated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act last week, it dealt a devastating blow to fair elections. A major step in the wrong direction, the decision threatens to unjustly disenfranchise our fellow voters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, common-cause, early-voting, fair elections, league-of-women-voters, MASSPIRG, massvote, mira-coalition, online voter registration, pre-registration, Progressive Massachusetts, voting-rights

A Plea for A Pledge

May 2, 2013 By creightt

A new report by Common Cause Massachusetts shows that limiting outside spending in last year's U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts helped to increased electoral transparency, accountability, and fairness, and calls on the current Senate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, citizens-united, dark money, outside spending, Peoples Pledge, U.S. Senate race

Massachusetts should lead the nation in open government, not lag behind

March 15, 2013 By creightt

The Sunlight Foundation just released its legislative transparency report card as part of “Sunshine” week, a week dedicated to calling attention to the need for greater transparency in government. The Massachusetts Legislature received a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: open-government, Public Records Laws, sunshine-week

Why can’t more CURRENT Congressmen call for campaign finance reform?

January 31, 2013 By creightt

It has recently become common place for Congressmen upon retiring to denounce the culture of their work place that depends so heavily on dialing for dollars. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after all encourages freshman … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance-reform, citizens-united, senator-john-kerry, us-senate

A Voting System Built for the 21st Century

January 25, 2013 By creightt

Back in November, voters in many Massachusetts cities had to wait up to three hours to vote on Election Day. While we did not face the seven hour lines present in some battleground states, as President Obama said in his inaugural address, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: early-voting, election-day-registration, election-reform, online voter registration, president-obama, Senator Murray

MA Senate Calls for Constitutional Amendment Reversing Citizens United

July 27, 2012 By creightt

After months of delay, the Massachusetts Senate, in overwhelming bipartisan vote of 35-1, for an amendment to restore democracy by overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. Attention now turns to the House as the end of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizens-united, constitutional-amendment, legislature, massachusetts-legislature, state-senate, supreme-court-citizens-united

MA Legislature Must Act Quickly to Pass Important Reform

July 26, 2012 By creightt

Yesterday's Globe Editorial Bottle bill, election laws shouldn't get lost in last-minute frenzy on Beacon Hill is spot on. As the end of the session looms, lawmakers should be sure to pass these measures: Voting. Each of the four … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: disclosure, election-reform, massachusetts-legislature, state-legislature

Ballot Question to Overturn Citizens United with Constitutional Amendment

June 15, 2012 By creightt

In 2010, the Supreme Court decimated a century of legal precedent in campaign finance with a single ruling in Citizens United v. FEC. The ruling solidified a constitutional right to free speech for corporations and in doing so opened our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User

Canvass with Elizabeth Warren

April 20, 2012 By creightt

This Sunday (4/22) Elizabeth Warren will be in Somerville meeting with volunteers and kicking off a city wide canvassing event. All supporters welcome! If you have yet to help out on the campaign this will be a great time to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User

CA Redistricting Proves that Citizens Can and Should Draw the Lines: MA should follow suit

August 17, 2011 By creightt

This week California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission proved yet again that the everyday citizen is more than capable of drawing fair and representative district maps. Over the past eight months, the citizen-based commission has worked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: elections, politics, redistricting, redistricting olympics

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