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Senate Passes Common Cause – Led Bipartisan Ballot Spending Transparency Act
The bill empowers voters, requires real-time reports on spending
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Geoff Foster
Executive Director
gfoster@commoncause.org
Maya Majikas
Communications Strategist
mmajikas@commoncause.org
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Eagle Tribune – Our View: Remote meetings should be permanent
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COUNTDOWN BEGINS: Virtual access to public meetings set to expire March 31, 2025
Advocates call for permanent reforms to guarantee hybrid open meetings
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The Sun Chronicle: Our View: Public meetings must be made hybrid
The Sun Chronicle's editorial team supports EMC's calls for hybrid public meeting access.
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‘My personal life is my personal life.’ Healey defends decision not to disclose details of four-day trip.
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Statement from Election Modernization Coalition on Presidential Primary voter turnout, March 2024
“We are truly gratified to see such wildly successful results of a vote-by-mail program in the Commonwealth."
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State eyes law to permanently allow to-go cocktails, remote public meetings
"It will shut people out of the democratic process by only allowing — and not requiring — municipalities to provide hybrid participation options."
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Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune is 2024 People’s Champion of Democracy
City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune will be awarded the People's Champion of Democracy Award on Monday March 18th @ 6pm at Common Cause Massachusetts' fundraiser.
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Advocates criticize Municipal Empowerment Act’s approach to public meeting reforms
"The Municipal Empowerment Act falls short on ensuring access to public meetings."
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Voting rights groups call constitutional convention efforts a threat to democracy
"There's great risk and great potential harm to everything already enshrined in our Constitution if we do open up this Pandora's box."
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Gateway City Voters Overwhelming Support Voting ACCESS Act
Voters discuss new election laws, accessibility at town halls
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Our View: Paid time to vote is good for democracy
The Eagle Tribune editorial team writes in support of recent legislation to guarantee employees paid time off so they can vote.
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House Approves Paid Time Off For Election Day Voting
"I'm glad to see the Legislature acting on this — it's really important we continue to modernize our elections and address barriers."