Tag: voting
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Gen Z wants change but doubts voting. Groups try new ways to connect
The Center for Teen Empowerment entices Bostonians with good old-fashioned block parties. The youth civic engagement group invites prospective voters off the street to come enjoy music, food that ranges from Caribbean fare to apple cider donuts, and giveaways like…
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Waltham poll workers prepare for Election Day
With the midterms just days away, election officials, political candidates and their campaign staff have been busy preparing. But there is another group that has also been busy prepping for the big day: poll workers. The Waltham City Clerk’s office…
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Question 1 advocates criticize the Legislature while Massachusetts lawmakers defend transparency bill
Massachusetts voters will be deciding on a government transparency ballot initiative in November while two hotly contested bills, also on transparency, sit in the Legislature. Question 1 advocates are fighting for more government transparency and are criticizing the Legislature for…
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Cestari, 5th Middlesex District candidate, accused of voting twice in 2024
A Natick woman running for the state Legislature has been publicly accused of voting twice in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Luisa Cestari, a Republican running for the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 5th Middlesex District, which covers Natick…
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Massachusetts voters to weigh ‘starter home’ zoning change on November ballot
Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to override local zoning rules and allow single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet, a measure supporters say would spur construction of starter homes and opponents say would strip communities…
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Bringing Gen Z to the ballot box
The Center for Teen Empowerment entices Bostonians with good old-fashioned block parties. The youth civic engagement group invites prospective voters off the street to come enjoy music, food that ranges from Caribbean fare to apple cider donuts, and giveaways like…
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Question 5 could mean tax refunds, but opponents warn for funding trade-offs
Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to change a decades-old law controlling when the state must return excess tax revenues to taxpayers, a proposal that could mean more frequent refunds but leave less money available for public services and…