Bay State Banner Community Voices: Money in politics is a civil rights issue Cheryl Clyburn Crawford and Avi Green It was not too long ago that in many states individuals had to pay to vote. As recently as the 1950s, if you could not pay a poll tax — an actual tax...
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:...
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...
Says Chinatown should not be split, as panel proposes November 25, 2011 | By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday panned a City Council redistricting plan that would divide Chinatown by shifting one of its precincts out of District 2, calling...
Proposal aims to reflect state’s racial diversity OCTOBER 19, 2011 | Peter Schworm, GLOBE STAFF Massachusetts lawmakers yesterday released a new map of legislative districts that doubles the number that are “majority-minority,’’ reflecting the state’s growing...
Made up of Harbor Islands, no one cast ballot since 2004 November 3, 2009 | By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff It’s one of the stranger rituals of Boston politics: For each Election Day, a pristine ballot box is cleaned, filled with fresh ink, and force-fed at least 50...
