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MA Laws on Voter Intimidation

October 27, 2020 By gmoke 8 Comments

Fact sheet on MA laws on voter intimidation https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2020/09/Massachusetts.pdf Just in case. Georgetown Law’s ICAP has a voter intimidation fact sheet for each state if you want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot protection, elections, law, voter intimidation

20 Years (at least) Without Election Integrity

August 4, 2020 By gmoke 1 Comment

After the 2000 election of hanging chads and Bush v Gore and a totally non-precedential Presidential decision by the Supremes, I discovered that the Caltech/MIT Electronic Voting Project (https://www.vote.caltech.edu) met sometime at MIT in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: democracy, election-integrity, elections, electronic voting machines, voter protection, voting

Brookings Institution on Coronavirus and Election 2020

July 13, 2020 By gmoke Leave a Comment

I’ve been publishing a free weekly listing of Energy (and Other) Events around Cambridge, MA for more than a decade as a listserv and a webpage (http://hubevents.blogspot.com). It covers public events in the community and in the local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Brookings Institution, coronavirus, election-integrity, elections, voter protectrion, voting

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

April 18, 2020 By Charley on the MTA 21 Comments

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

Meet Middlesex DA Candidate DONNA PATALANO

May 1, 2018 By jordan3weinstein Leave a Comment

Donna Patalano is a progressive criminal justice reformer who is mounting a primary challenge to Democratic incumbent Marian Ryan in the 2018 race for District Attorney in Massachusetts' Middlesex County.  This event is designed to give … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #massincarceration, 2018 state primary, criminal justice reform, elections, police, politics, progressive-politics-and-policy

Rand Paul and Another Libertarian Fizzle

February 3, 2016 By steven-j-gulitti 3 Comments

If Rand Paul had ever had the juice behind his presidential bid that Donald Trump had and then failed to perform I'd label his departure from the 2016 race a flameout. However in this case, as in many libertarian efforts in the past, it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Campaign, American Politics, Donald Trump, elections, Libertarianism, libertarians, Presidential Primaries, rand-paul

Falchuk crows, but only a little, about the election

November 10, 2014 By massmarrier 28 Comments

Although the polls disagreed, Evan Falchuk was spot on when he spoke with Left Ahead in September. He stated firmly that he and running mate Angus Jennings would get 3% or more as Gov./lG candidates this month. They got 3.3% He came on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, election 2014, election 2016, elections, Falchuk, fund-raising, massachusetts, republicans, state-house, third-party, united independent party

Tea Party’s Fisher Would Be MA Gov.

March 18, 2014 By massmarrier 2 Comments

Small business owner, erstwhile unemployed guy, and self-identified MA Tea Party Republican Mark Fisher wants to be governor here. He spoke with me today about his vision of what government should and should not be about. On his campaign … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2014-election, elections, governor, health-care, income-tax, ma-gop, Mark Fisher, marriage-equality, massachusetts, sales-tax, same-sex-marriage, taxes, tea-party, turnpike

Sen. Eldridge Talks Dark Money

November 26, 2013 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

One of Left Ahead's favorite guests, MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge joined us to talk campaign-finance reform, specifically disclosure of contributions. He’s as appalled as we about the Citizens United decision. He is a leader in nibbling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, campaign-finance, citizens-united, clean-elections, eldridge, election-reform, elections, left-ahead, massachusetts, s.321, senate

How to Win In Boston: Race, Class, or Being Michelle Wu

November 9, 2013 By Benjamin Day 3 Comments

% Votes for Ayanna Pressley, by Precinct

Boston's 2013 municipal election was extraordinary not just as the first open Mayoral race in twenty years or the free-wheeling preliminaries, but because Marty Walsh and Michelle Wu secured victory with very unorthodox neighborhood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2013 Elections, Annissa Essaibi-George, ayanna-pressley, boston, elections, jack kelly, jeff-ross, john-connolly, Martin Keogh, marty-walsh, mayor, michael-flaherty, Michelle Wu, Stephen Murphy

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

John Lerner 🌲❄️🌎🌹🗽⚖️🌲@johnflerner

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

Bill McKibben@billmckibben

Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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brianr2600Brian RIstuccia@brianr2600·
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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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erik_griswoldErik Never Forgets@erik_griswold·
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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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