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Why Beacon Hill should support Senator Kennedy’s request: a vacancy of weeks, not months

August 21, 2009 By Avi Green

Today, we are rolling out our support for Senator Edward Kennedy's request that state leaders change the succession law to guarantee that Massachusetts will not lack a senator if his seat becomes vacant. We call upon state legislators to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democracy, kennedy, senate, voting-rights

Should Illegal Immigrants Be Able To Vote???

April 5, 2009 By framinghaminator

Should illegal immigrants be able to vote??? State Representative Pam Richardson says they should be able to vote, get licenses to drive, and pay in-state tuition at Massachusetts schools. http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: illegal-immigrants, rep.-pam-richardson, the-constitution, voting-rights

Stopping Voter Suppression: The Press Gets It Right in Virginia

August 8, 2008 By project-vote

What is striking about how the process of disenfranchisement and voter suppression works is how much it relies upon the media to repeat and amplify the breathless and hyperbolic accusations of so-called voter fraud against voter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alabama, arizona, election-integrity, felon-voting-rights, media, missouri, nevada, new-mexico, project-vote, proof-of-citizenship, virginia, voter-fraud, voter-id, voter-registration-drives, voter-suppression, voting-rights, voting-rights-act

Record Youth And Minority Turnout Threatened By Persistent Election Barriers

July 31, 2008 By project-vote

The dirty secret of elections in America is that getting on the rolls, casting a ballot, and having that ballot counted is a complicated system adjudicated and carried out by more than 3,000 counties and towns and regulated by a complex mix … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, election-day-registration, election-integrity, florida, massachusetts, minorities, new-jersey, new-mexico, presidential-election, project-vote, u.s.-department-of-justice, voter-disenfranchisement, voter-registration-drive, voter-suppression, voting-rights, voting-rights-act, youth

Diebold Machines – Courtesy of Secretary of State Bill Galvin (D)

October 27, 2006 By the-green-monster

(disclosure: posted by Jill Stein's campaign staff)STEIN CRITICIZES SECRETARY'S DECISION TO USE FLAWED DIEBOLD VOTING MACHINES IMPLICATED IN SECURITY LAPSESReacting to the recent report that the Massachusetts Secretary of State is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, bonifaz, diebold, galvin, jill-stein, secretary-of-state, stein, voting-rights

Galvin Weasles Out Again?

September 11, 2006 By lynne

Last chance to escape the chicken coop, Bill Galvin.The Brandeis chapter of Democracy for America is proud to annouce a forum on democracy and voting rights to be held tomorrow (Tuesday September 12th) from 4:00 - 6:00 PM in the library of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bonifaz, forums, galvin, voting-rights

TV Watchers – Block the Vote Tonight on PBS

September 1, 2006 By milwaukee

Under the guise of election reform and fraud prevention, state governments are passing laws that make it harder to cast a vote. Tonight the public TV program NOW is calling it Block the Vote. WGBH will air the program tonight at 8:00 pm. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election-reform, voting-rights

More fractured fairy tales from the Supreme Court

June 28, 2006 By David

The Supreme Court "decided" the Tom DeLay Texas gerrymander case today.  There was no opinion for the Court on most of the big issues.  Here is the lineup - figure it out, if you can.Kennedy, J., announced the judgment of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: law-and-lawyers, supreme-court, voting-rights

A Pattern of Voting Rights Violations in MA

March 21, 2006 By cos

On the elections division web site, you can download "the state representative districts set forth in the remedial plan approved on April 16, 2004, by the United States District Court in the case of Black Political Task Force, et al v. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bill-galvin, boston, election-reform, john-bonifaz, lawrence, lowell, massachusetts, springfield, voting-rights

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