BOSTON—Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has joined 10 other attorneys general in calling on Congress to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United campaign finance case. In a letter dated Wednesday, the attorneys general urged...
State Capitol Briefs By State House News Service Posted Mar 21, 2012 CHAIRMAN: LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOCUSED ON FORECLOSURE BILL A legislative committee is cobbling together an anti-foreclosure bill that a key chairman says is on the radar of House and Senate...
State House News -- Election reforms would allow pre-registration to vote By Kyle Cheney, State House News Service Posted Mar 22, 2012 Sixteen- and 17-year-olds would be allowed to “pre-register” to vote and voting equipment randomly audited under a package of...
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...
November 7, 2011: A new map has been offered by Massachusetts legislative leaders and your voice has been heard. Across the state, people working with MassVOTE and our partners in the Drawing Democracy project have asked for districts that made sense to you. The new...
Dear Reader: The history of democracy in Massachusetts is a story of innovation and change. In the 1790’s, only a small percentage of us could vote. Today, we can be proud that the right to vote is broadly available to adult citizens. But we should not be proud of our...
The Civic Engagement Initiative (CEI) was established in 2002 as a non-partisan effort to increase voter participation in Boston and Chelsea's most disadvantages communities. Since its inception, the CEI has funded over a dozen community-based organizations (Community ...
