The Massachusetts Teachers Association, which is leading a ballot question campaign to end the MCAS graduation requirement for high schools students, has drawn an opponent, as an official with a Boston education reform nonprofit recently formed a ballot committee to oppose ending the requirement.
Ballot Questions
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Donors to DiZoglio ballot campaign mostly hail from business sector
The ballot question is championed by state Auditor Diana DiZoglio, who is in effect launching another statewide campaign after jumping from a state Senate seat to the auditor’s office in 2022.
Posted inCourts
Healey’s SJC pick questioned about lack of judicial experience
“I would bring a lot of experience with the different courts of the Commonwealth, in a different way,” Bessie Dewar said.
Posted inState Government
DiZoglio claims to have signatures for ballot question to audit Legislature
State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s ballot initiative asking voters to weigh in on auditing the Legislature appeared to clear a significant hurdle on Tuesday, when she said the campaign gathered more than the number of signatures required.
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Mass Fiscal takes stock of past, future ballot Qs
Leaders of the conservative Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance weigh in on ballot questions that were recently scuttled as well as those may be heading to the 2024 ballot.
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Hits and misses on ballot questions targeting elections
ATTORNEY GENERAL Andrea Campbell was generous in certifying dozens of ballot initiatives, the first step for them to go before voters in the 2024 and 2026 cycle, but she used a sharper pen when it came to several measures that could have revamped voting and election rules. Efforts to put versions of ranked choice voting […]
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Hits and misses on ballot questions targeting elections
Attorney General Andrea Campbell was generous in certifying dozens of ballot initiatives, the first step for them to go before voters in the 2024 and 2026 cycle, but she used a sharper pen when it came to several measures that could have revamped voting and election rules. Efforts to put versions of ranked choice voting […]
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Ballot question season already at a boil
THE FIRST REAL starting shot of the state ballot question cycle has been fired, kicking several high profile campaigns into high gear and already raising the specter of legal challenges. Voters in 2024 and 2026 could be weighing MCAS requirements, rent control, the employment status of app-based drivers, and even decriminalizing psychedelics among the potential smorgasbord […]
Posted inOpinion
Latest ranked choice ballot questions unconstitutional
IN 2020, nearly 80 percent of the state’s cities and towns, as well as 55 percent of the state’s voters, rejected a ballot question that would have forever changed our elections from a one person, one vote system to ranked choice voting. In that election, the proponents spent over $10 million over the course of […]
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Ballot face-off over gig workers looms
Two years ago, Massachusetts braced itself for what was expected to be the most expensive ballot measure campaign in the state’s history. That question, brought by ride-hailing companies to classify their gig workers as independent contractors, was kicked off the ballot by a ruling from the state’s highest court. In just a few weeks, the […]