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SJC cuts signature requirements; an uncomfortable win for democracy in the absence of legislative action

April 18, 2020 By Charley on the MTA

Thanks to Christopher for flagging this down: The SJC has made a rather uncomfortable "emergency" decision, in halving the number of signatures needed for some offices; extended deadlines; and required Sec. of Commonwealth Galvin to accept … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor Tagged With: bill-galvin, COVID-19, COVID19, democracy, disenfranchisement, ed-markey, elections, john-walsh, ralph-gants, robert-deleo, sjc, speaker-deleo, vote by mail

The SJC and Bill Galvin Usher in 4th of July Week with a Blow to Voting Rights

July 4, 2018 By jcohn88

Although Massachusetts’s constitution--the oldest written constitution in continuous effect -- has an affirmative right to vote, we have often lagged behind other states when it comes to voting rights. Indeed, we are the only state in all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: bill-galvin, Elections 2018, Josh Zakim, secretary-of-state, voting-rights

Report from Kate’s Holiday Party

December 11, 2011 By John Tehan

The Greater Blackstone Valley Dems were well represented at Kate Donaghue's Holiday Party this afternoon, with myself, Lisa Mosczynski, Jay Gilchrist, Kim Hall, and Brett and Jeanette Belanger in attendance. We had a chance to talk with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, Elizabeth Warren, herb robinson, jim-mcgovern, Marisa DeFranco, martha-coakley, steve-grossman, tim-murray, Tom Conroy

The Prince of Transparency

June 9, 2010 By judy-meredith

And lo and behold every register lobbyist and client got an email from the Lobbyist section that announced a brand new On-Line Help page  with a lot of very useful documents, mostly in plain language, that helps paid advocates … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, lobbying-reforms

SoS Debate — a game of cat-and-mouse according to AP

November 4, 2006 By falcon

from: http://hosted.ap.org...Secretary of state candidates debate after game of cat-and-mouseBy GLEN JOHNSONAP Political WriterBOSTON (AP) -- The candidate, a debate just moments away, kept his head down and swept past the media as his aide … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, galvin, jill-stein, secretary-of-state, stein

Help Jill Stein win office… no, seriously!

November 3, 2006 By empowerment

There are a huge number of factors that line up in Jill's favor here, but there has been a virtual media blackout of her campaign (go to her website, www.jillstein.org to see the really hard-hitting press releases that she's been sending … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, jill-stein, secretary-of-state, secretary-of-the-commonwealth, voter-revolt

Stein Wins Secretary of State Debatelet

November 3, 2006 By Bob Neer

My judgment after watching the five minute Stein-Galvin debatelet is that Galvin is not fit to hold the Secretary of State's office. He doesn't appear to respect the fundamental premise of our system of government: the people are sovereign. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, jill-stein, secretary-of-state, vote-9.19.2006

Stein v. Galvin is up on CBS4

November 3, 2006 By empowerment

(posted by Stein campaign staff)Thanks to the BMG editors for the endorsement today - Jill will be blogging later tonight to give her side of how things went in the mini-debate today.  For now, anyone who wants to see the two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, galvin, green-rainbow, jill-stein, secretary-of-state, stein

Watch the Stein/Galvin debate

November 3, 2006 By David

Jon Keller has posted the video of his debate featuring Jill Stein and Bill Galvin.  It ran about 15 minutes, considerably longer than the promised five.  It's quite interesting, and both did pretty well.  Kudos to Keller for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, galvin, jill-stein, massachusetts, secretary, secretary-of-state, stein, vote-11.7.2006

Jill Stein for Secretary of State

November 3, 2006 By the-editors

When we started BMG, we expected that we'd support Democrats almost all of the time.  We are, after all, Democrats, and we support much of what the Democratic party stands for.But, as we all know, some Democrats suffer from a serious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, jill-stein, massachusetts, secretary-of-state, vote-11.7.2006, vote-9.19.2006

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