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Massachusetts Rescinds Dangerous Article V Convention Calls

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Massachusetts Rescinds Dangerous Article V Convention Calls

Following calls from good government, labor, and reproductive rights groups, the Massachusetts legislature moved today to protect all American’s constitutional rights by rescinding the state’s previous calls for an Article V constitutional convention.

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Reject the Coverup Rally – Assistant Director Kristina Mensik

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Reject the Coverup Rally – Assistant Director Kristina Mensik

We rallied on the night of Trump's acquittal in the Senate because a trial without witnesses is not a trial, but a cover-up and because the evidence is clear that Trump put his personal political interests over our constitution.

Says Kristina Mensik, our Assistant Director at Common Cause Massachusetts, we must "continue to build a movement that will fight for fair and secure elections, commonsense ethics rules, limits on the influence of big campaign donors, and other reforms to make sure this never happens again."

Politico: Western Mass SHAKE-Up — House to vote on PRESSLEY bill — Step inside the UMASS club

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Politico: Western Mass SHAKE-Up — House to vote on PRESSLEY bill — Step inside the UMASS club

But the bills face a looming Feb. 5 deadline — known as Joint Rule 10 — to report them favorably out of legislative committees to be considered in the current two-year session. Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, one of the groups pushing for the changes, said lawmakers are running out of time.”

Gloucester Daily Times: Voter Groups Press for Same-Day Registration

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Gloucester Daily Times: Voter Groups Press for Same-Day Registration

"Election Day registration will help protect the fundamental right of every American to have their vote counted," Wilmot told a gathering of volunteers who visited the Statehouse on Tuesday to lobby for the bills. "It's a fail-safe to allow eligible voters to cast their ballots. It has been working well for 40 years across the country."

95.9FM WATD: Coalition Pushing for Voting Rights Reform at State House

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95.9FM WATD: Coalition Pushing for Voting Rights Reform at State House

Assistant Director at Common Cause Massachusetts, Kristina Mensik, says currently voters must comply with a 20-day cutoff for voter registration which deprives residents of their right to vote each election cycle.

The Daily Free Press: Mass. bill could give cities freedom to lower voting age

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The Daily Free Press: Mass. bill could give cities freedom to lower voting age

Kristina Mensik, assistant director of nonprofit election advocacy group Common Cause Massachusetts, said with the current voting age at 18, many citizens gain their suffrage just as they are moving out of their home. . .

Boston.com: See the signs calling for Trump’s impeachment at the Boston Common rally Tuesday night

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Boston.com: See the signs calling for Trump’s impeachment at the Boston Common rally Tuesday night

"There is a lot of fear about what a president going unchecked could mean for the future of our democracy and what standard that could set for sitting presidents,” Kristina Mensik, assistant director at Common Cause Massachusetts, the nonpartisan, grassroots organization that was a lead organizer of Tuesday’s rally, told Boston.com before the event.

Boston.com: An ‘Impeach & Remove Rally’ will be held on Boston Common Tuesday night. This is what’s happening.

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Boston.com: An ‘Impeach & Remove Rally’ will be held on Boston Common Tuesday night. This is what’s happening.

“There is a lot of fear about what a president going unchecked could mean for the future of our democracy and what standard that could set for sitting presidents,” Kristina Mensik, assistant director at Common Cause Massachusetts — the nonpartisan, grassroots organization that’s a lead organizer of Tuesday’s rally — told Boston.com.

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