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...
The day after our Presidential Primary, there is a webcast you might find interesting, put on by the National Urban League. It is called, "2012 State of Black America Report: Occupy the Vote to Educate, Employ & Empower!". It will be held at Howard University in Washington,...
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...
Here is an excerpt from an epic Boston Globe article marking the occasion of one of the most voter-empowering redistricting laws in recent history, thanks to MassVOTE, our coalition partners, and the legislators who brilliantly performed their duties on the redistricting...
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his life for the cause of justice. Although he is mainly remembered for his work in civil rights, he died campaigning for fair treatment for poor people, regardless of race, and he spoke out, too, for the cause of peace at the...
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...
