After the video played, Bonifaz appealed to delegates to put him on the primary ballot, with this speech:There are several more videos of Bonifaz on my YouTube Bonifaz playlist, including one by a videographer who went to Ohio after the … [Read more...]
Election Day Registration – it’s not just for new voters
Sure, you can cast a provisional ballot, but will it be counted? What if you live in a different district? What if it's a special election? The district my friend moved into had a primary for state representative decided … [Read more...]
Finally, Galvin and Bonifaz to appear together!
There may be another forum on Thursday evening in Worcester, but I'm not sure if Galvin has confirmed for that one yet. Regardless, let's publicize the Medford forum far and wide, so more voters learn that there's a race and there are … [Read more...]
Channel 5 Covers Secretary Candidates
My personal editorial comment: There's one question both Bonifaz and Galvin deal with at length, and the contrast between the two of them shows up very clearly. The question is how to get more people to vote, in light of lower voter … [Read more...]
PDA of Massachusetts Votes to Endorse Deval Patrick and John Bonifaz in September Primary
Dear Members and Friends of PDA MA:In order for a candidate for statewide office to be endorsed by the statewide PDA organization it is necessary that the candidate receive endorsement approval from every active PDA chapter … [Read more...]
How to push Secy of State debates?
The Boston Phoenix today carried a kowtow-to-incumbency article about John Bonifaz' videos entitled "Where's Galvin?" The author, Adam Reilly, is actually a strong progressive -- I suggest we all write to him at areilly@phx.com and tell him … [Read more...]
Cambridge Straw Poll: Deval, Silbert, & Bonifaz win
Sidenotes on the results of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee (CDCC) straw poll for the three contested statewide offices:SECRETARY OF STATEThe Secretary of State vote was the most interesting vote (and closest). Secretary Galvin … [Read more...]
Statewide Candidates Night in Weymouth turned into Victory/Unity2006 rally with one exception
Alos check out the main page for photos taken at the event and we have posted the questions we asked; we will also have a voter survey posted later about which issues matter most to those on the South Shore.Shall all MA blogs meetup in … [Read more...]
Bonifaz Campaign Collects 10,000
This afternoon I dropped by Medford city hall and Somerville city hall to turn in nominating petitions for John Bonifaz, having traded my Cambridge, Boston, and other sheets to other people at last night's PDS meeting. Receipts in … [Read more...]
Bonifaz worried about collecting enough signatures
The latest email from the John Bonifaz campaign contains the following warning (emphasis in original):We have good and bad news on the signature collection front. The good news is that we are almost halfway to our goal of 10,000 … [Read more...]