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Gun Ban at Polling Places Means “Voters Can Cast a Ballot Without Fear”
On Wednesday, the House and Senate budget conference committee released a compromise bill to improve gun safety in Massachusetts.
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Funds Aim to Support Municipalities With Expanded Mail Voting
Common Cause of Massachusetts executive director Geoff Foster celebrates Governor Maura Healey's budgetary backing of municiple elections.
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Voting Reform Advocates Celebrate Governor Healey’s $5 Million Allocation for Local Election Officials in FY23 Supplemental Budget
Governor Maura Healey today filed a supplemental budget for the 2023 fiscal year which includes a dedicated $5 million allocation for local election officials to support new vote by mail and early voting laws passed last year in the VOTES Act.
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Massachusetts Senate passes hybrid hearings for joint standing committees
ACLU, Common Cause call for modern open meeting access for all
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Massachusetts Senate leaders making push to abolish term limits on chamber’s president
Geoff Foster talks about the importance of term limits in ensuring stable transitions of power.
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Key lawmaker proposes ending term limits for Senate president
Geoff Foster addresses a proposed rules change that would end a term limit for the Senate president that’s been in place for three decades.
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Massachusetts House embraces hybrid hearings for joint standing committees
ACLU, Common Cause call for modern open meeting access for all
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Editorial: In 22 states, voters can register and cast a ballot on the same day. Not here.
Massachusetts has unfinished business on election reform.
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Right-leaning think tank questions Mass. election security; officials push back
There’s little evidence of voter fraud in Massachusetts. Nevertheless, a conservative-leaning think tank says the state has some work to do to continue ensuring election security moving forward.
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R.I. young voter turnout lags national trend in 2022
Executive director John Marion talks about tactics to improve youth voter turnout, including same-day voter registration.
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Common Cause Massachusetts Reminds Voters “Election Day is not Results Day”
As voters head to the polls, Common Cause Massachusetts is reminding voters that it may take more than one day for election officials to finalize results, especially with an increase in the number of ballots cast by mail.
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Voter Hotline to Answer Election Day Questions
The Massachusetts Election Protection Coalition today announced its nonpartisan reporting program for voters who encounter any problems when they vote.
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Early Voting in the 2022 Midterm Election Begins This Saturday, Oct. 22
“In a strong and healthy democracy, every voter’s voice is heard, and every voice counts equally,” said Geoff Foster, Common Cause Massachusetts executive director.