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The SJC and Bill Galvin Usher in 4th of July Week with a Blow to Voting Rights

July 4, 2018 By jcohn88

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...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: bill-galvin, Elections 2018, Josh Zakim, secretary-of-state, voting-rights

Did state lawmakers help John Roberts?

August 5, 2013 By Avi Green

August 6 is the 48th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. This is the first anniversary since the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the Act, striking critical protections for voters in 9 Southern states and various … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election-day-registration, election-law, massachusetts, massachusetts-legislature, national, voting-rights, voting-rights-act

SCOTUS may be rolling back voting rights, but…

July 3, 2013 By creightt

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

Early voting in Mass? How about nationwide?

November 2, 2012 By tblade

When can we get early voting here in Massachusetts? How far away, realistically, is our state from adopting something so pragmatic and sensible? Also, do you think early voting will ever be available in every state? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: early-voting, voting, voting-rights

Combatting Election Theft: Some Resources

September 16, 2012 By gmoke

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

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

The G.O.P. and a Platform Built for the Past‏

September 12, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

To hear the pundits and political professionals talk about it, this election is all about turning out a party’s base. That’s because there are few if any undecided voters left and the only undecided voters that count are the ones residing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, abortion, barack-obama, civil-rights, conservatives, education, gay-rights, guns, health-care, labor-unions, mitt-romney, presidential-politics, Republican 2012 Platform, same-sex-marriage, taxes, voting-rights

The Democracy Bucket — more demand ideas for Occupy

November 2, 2011 By Avi Green

Blue Mass Group's Bob posted recently some possible demands for the Occupy movement.  As I see it, there's a lot that needs fixing right now to get back America of FDR's New Deal and Johnson's Great Society (and even Reagan's tax rates, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizens-united, democracy, Occupy, voting-rights

Introducing young people to power, civic engagement and voting through Pre-registration

July 20, 2011 By Sondra

Cross-posted at ONE Massachusetts By: Rachael V. Cobb, Associate Professor and Chair Government Department, Suffolk University During a recent hearing before the Joint Committee on Election Laws, Rachael V. Cobb, Associate Professor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns-and-elections, civic-engagement, election-reform, first-time-voter, government, high school civics education, legislation, voter participation, voter-registration, voting-rights, youth-organizing, youth-vote

Tea Party Leader: Voting Restrictions Would Be A Good Idea

December 6, 2010 By steven-j-gulitti

Well, if this isn't stupidity on stilts what is? Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips has gone so far as to suggest that it could be a good idea if the right to vote in America were once again restricted to the owners of property. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: judson-phillips, tea-party-movement, tea-party-nation, u.s.-constitution, voting-rights

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