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SCOTUS may be rolling back voting rights, but…

July 3, 2013 By creightt 2 Comments

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

Combatting Election Theft: Some Resources

September 16, 2012 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Ever since the selection of 2000, the rudiments of US democracy have been under attack. We still haven't dealt with the multitudinous problems of electronic voting machines and now we have a concerted attack on registration and voting by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, common-cause, democracy, dscc, elections, electronic voting machines, voting-rights

September 16, 2012 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Ever since the selection of 2000, the rudiments of US democracy have been under attack. We still haven't dealt with the multitudinous problems of electronic voting machines and now we have a concerted attack on registration and voting by … [Read more...]

https://bluemassgroup.com/2012/09/47135/

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, common-cause, democracy, dscc, elections, electronic voting machines, voting-rights

Massachusetts Redistricting Olympics

June 29, 2011 By creightt 2 Comments

Common Cause Massachusetts is hosting a Redistricting Olympics this summer. We will be taking citizen drawn Congressional, State House, and State Senate maps all summer, evaluating them, declaring a winner, giving out prizes and submitting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: common-cause, democracy, redistricting

National Popular Vote Nears Governor’s Desk

July 22, 2010 By pamwilmot 111 Comments

Let me count the ways. The candidate with the most votes should win the election. Just like in every other race in the country.  In 1 out of 14 presidential elections-1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000, the second place candidate was elected. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: common-cause, national-popular-vote

The United Battleground States of America?

June 1, 2010 By pamwilmot 36 Comments

Here in Massachusetts, a poll taken just last week showed 72% support among likely voters -- 86% among registered Democrats, 68% among unenrolleds, and 54% among Republicans. Although Natioanl Popular Vote doesn't necessarily help one party … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: common-cause, electoral-college, national-popular-vote, npv

The United Battleground States of America?

June 1, 2010 By pamwilmot Leave a Comment

The United Battleground States of America? National Popular Vote, H. 4156, is being debated in the Massachusets House of Representatives tomorrow, Wednesday (in fact, it may well be today when you read this).  National Popular Vote is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: common-cause, electoral-college, national-popular-vote, npv

National Popular Vote

March 4, 2010 By rg-terry 16 Comments

So far, 5 states have joined the compact: New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Washington, and Hawaii. Approval by Massachusetts would add 12 Electoral College votes giving National Popular Vote 73 (27%) of the 270 votes required for it to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: common-cause, national-popular-vote, npv

It is time for transparency in the State Legislature

February 1, 2010 By carmen 8 Comments

As residents of this state we need to continue participating in the decisions our elected officials make on our behalf. Our elected officials as our representatives are accountable to our communities. We are the ones electing them to make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brownsberger, cambridge-chronicle, common-cause, government-reform, sciortino, state-legislature, transparency

VOTER CHOICE (IRV) ballot referendum campaign needs help now!

September 20, 2009 By amfriedman 21 Comments

------------------------------------------------------------ VOTER CHOICE MASSACHUSETTS - PETITION DRIVE "More Voices, Real Choices" Sept 11th - Nov 18th ------------------------------------------------------------ ENDORSEMENTS + The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: choice-voting, common-cause, election-reform, electoral-reform, instant-runoff-voting, irv, massvote, pr, preliminaries, preliminary, proportional-representation, ranked-choice-voting, split-vote, spoiler, third-parties

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Just a reminder that Massachusetts is going to unlimited capacity indoor dining starting tomorrow while the CDC begs us not to, and it’s super embarrassing that no one can articulate a justification why other than 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Focus on the record -reopening restaurants and live music venues, without protections for workers, putting at risk the ability to open schools safely #mapoli https://twitter.com/stephanie_murr/status/1366204046575599619?s=20

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I’ve never seen a president do this before. This is extraordinary. https://twitter.com/potus/status/1366191901196644354

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Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.

Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union.

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