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Common Cause Massachusetts запускает программу защиты выборов 2024 года
«Несмотря на высокий уровень энтузиазма избирателей, мы хотим убедиться, что все избиратели знают свои права и смогут свободно проголосовать в день выборов».
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The Boston Globe: Baker vetoes automatic voter registration parts of supplemental budget
The 2018 law calls for a simpler system than the one that is currently being implemented, she said. The section vetoed by Baker “essentially tells the RMV to do what the Legislature passed in 2018,” said Wilmot. The language that has been tested for automatic voter registration at the RMV has been confusing, said Wilmot.
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The Salem News: Galvin faulted for violating conflict of interest laws
Good government groups say a lack of clear policies on conflict of interest involving election officials in Massachusetts means the lines between voter information and campaign activity is often blurred.
"The Ethics Commission has ducked this issue for many years," said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause of Massachusetts. "So in this case a slap on the hand is better than turning the other way, which is what has happened for a very long time."
"The Ethics Commission has ducked this issue for many years," said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause of Massachusetts. "So in this case a slap on the hand is better than turning the other way, which is what has happened for a very long time."
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Conservative group goes to court to fight disclosure rules
Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause of Massachusetts, said any spending on behalf or in opposition to a political candidate should be disclosed to the public.
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Watchdogs: Massachusetts flunks when it comes to open records
“Transparency is really how we hold our government accountable, and it’s really most important to know how our money is being spent, and how the government laws are applied to individuals.”
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Lowell Sun: Advocates push same-day registration, vote
"We need it to protect the fundamental right of democracy for everyone to have their vote counted," Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, said Wednesday.
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Коалиция за модернизацию выборов опубликовала заявление по поводу слушаний по регистрации в день выборов
Пресс-релиз Коалиции по модернизации выборов Массачусетса от 20 июня о слушаниях по регистрации в день выборов и законодательстве.
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Boston Globe: Гэлвин и Хили выступают за регистрацию в тот же день на Бикон-Хилл
Менее чем через год после того, как штат одобрил автоматическую регистрацию избирателей, некоторые законодатели Бикон-Хилла выступают за то, чтобы разрешить имеющим право голоса жителям регистрироваться и голосовать в день выборов. По их словам, это изменение станет «последним шагом» на пути к тому, чтобы все, кто может голосовать, могли получить доступ к избирательным урнам.
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Election Modernization Coalition Press Release on Election Day Registration Lobby Day
Voting rights activists from around the Commonwealth gathered at the State House to voice their support at the Election Modernization Coalition’s Election Day Registration lobby day on Wednesday, June 5th.
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Worcester Telegram: Massachusetts eyes growing list of Election Day registration states
“We need it to protect the fundamental right of democracy for everyone to have their vote counted,” Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, said Wednesday.
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Boston Herald: Critics blast closed-door Massachusetts state budget deliberations
Government watchdogs and political figures are calling the House budget process a “charade,” a “joke” and a “scam” after the legislative body finished up four days of deliberations, conducted mostly behind closed doors.
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WBUR: How OxyContin’s Maker Sought To Influence Mass. Legislators
In Massachusetts, money buys access to legislators, says Pam Wilmot, the executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, a nonpartisan democracy group. “It’s an unfortunate part of the political system where I think the public is the ultimately the loser,” Wilmot said.
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WBUR: Proposed Mass. Campaign Finance Regulations Could Lower Union Political Contributions
“It's about limits being the same for everyone,” said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts. “Public confidence is important, and everybody needs to play by the same rules.”