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Legislative Vacancy

August 16, 2006 By patricka

As I was researching more links for my list of candidate web sites, I discovered that Rep. Thomas O'Brien (D-Plymouth 12) has just been named as Plymouth County treasurer.O'Brien was unopposed in the Democratic primary for re-election, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: elections, house, vote-9.19.2006

The Incumbent Party – Massachusetts Division

July 25, 2006 By jim-weliky

First, a guest poster at Talking Points Memo had a couple of posts up at these links: The Incumbent Party I and The Incumbent Party II that talks about the fact that we have three parties in this country: the Republican Party, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, clean-elections, elections, reform

ConCon considers an amendment for “no excuse” absentee voting

July 12, 2006 By David

Currently under consideration is a proposed amendment that would remove the restrictions on absentee voting.  At present, under the state Constitution, absentee voting is permissible only for reason of absence from home, disability, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: elections, massachusetts

Mass to Outlaw Ken Blackwell

June 19, 2006 By smart-mass

Section 6: Voters’ Bill of RightsThe state secretary shall provide a voters’ bill of rights in a form suitable for posting for every polling place for every election.Should this document be distributed as called for in the legislation, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: elections, fraud, ken-blackwell, massachusetts, secretary-of-state

Would Ballot Freedom make Massachusetts elections more competitive?

June 13, 2006 By Rand Wilson

The Globe recently editorialized about how few incumbents are facing contested elections (“Incumbents Rule,” Boston Globe, June 3, 2006). With 68 percent of state Senate and Representative seats currently uncontested, Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-freedom, elections

New Working Families Party has first organizational meeting

May 14, 2006 By Rand Wilson

About 50 organizers gathered on Sat. May 13 for the first meeting of a new Working Families organization. There was good turnout from labor (CWA, IBT, SEIU, UFCW, UAW, MTA, IBEW, and IUOE), community groups (Mass Senior Action, ACORN, City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cross-endorsement-voting, elections, labor, massachusetts, political-parties, working-families

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