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...]
The SJC and Bill Galvin Usher in 4th of July Week with a Blow to Voting Rights
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...]
Report from Kate’s Holiday Party
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...]
The Prince of Transparency
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...]
Mass. violating the Motor Voter Act? Galvin still asleep at the switch?
The report looked specifically at states' compliance with two key directives of the NVRA: Election administrators may systematically remove ineligible voters from voter rolls at any time except within 90 days of a federal … [Read more...]
SoS Debate — a game of cat-and-mouse according to AP
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...]
Help Jill Stein win office… no, seriously!
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...]
Stein Wins Secretary of State Debatelet
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...]
Stein v. Galvin is up on CBS4
(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...]
Watch the Stein/Galvin debate
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...]