The Boston Globe Editorial February 18, 2012 EVEN AS legislators in many states promote ID laws as the solution to an imaginary epidemic of voting fraud, the real deficiencies in America’s voter-registration processes go unaddressed. A new report by the Pew Center...
Concord Rep. Cory Atkins calls overturning Citizens United the year’s ‘most important issue’ By Kyle Cheney Thursday, February 9, 2012 A House lawmaker girding for a constitutional amendment to restrict corporate spending on elections -- a move recently endorsed by...
BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Lawmakers are gathering support for a state resolution to overturn a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Citizens United vs. the FEC, which gives corporations the power to spend unlimited money on campaign elections. Rep: Corporations buying government:...
‘We the People’ can overturn Citizens United The Boston Globe EDITORIAL by JIM MCGOVERN AND JEFF CLEMENTS January 21, 2012 THE FIRST three words of the preamble of our Constitution are “We the People.’’ Two years ago today the US Supreme Court in...
It's time for the Massachusetts legislature to send a message to Congress. Citizens United cannot stand. Free Speech is for people, not for corporations. Pass S772 a state resolution calling for a US constitutional amendment to restore the First Amendment and fair elections...
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Push on for same-day voter registration By Krista Kano, Daily News correspondent GateHouse News Service Posted Nov 03, 2011 @ 06:52 PM A local legislator is working with other lawmakers and good government groups to have Massachusetts join eight other states in allowing...
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Our national partner, Nonprofit VOTE, recently released America Goes to the Polls: Voter Participation Gaps in the 2010 Midterm Election. The report illustrates voter turnout gaps in the 2010 midterm election with simple graphs and by highlighting some of the most pertinent...
