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Threat of lawsuit hangs over potential City Council redistricting vote
Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor Aug. 21, 2012 A map redrawing the boundaries of City Council districts was expected to be finalized this week, as councillors were poised to vote Wednesday on a controversial measure that would shift 12 precincts in seven of the city’s nine...
City Council’s Census & Redistricting committee to hold redistricting hearing
PRESS RELEASE Charles C. Yancey, Boston City Councillor For Release ------------------------------- Tuesday, July 17, 2012 City Council’s Census & Redistricting committee to hold redistricting hearing Boston City Hall (July 17, 2012) – The Boston City Council’s...
Coalition of Color Stance on Redistricting
NAACP Stance on Boston City Council Redistricting An Open Letter to Chairman Linehan and Members of the City Council, From: The Redistricting Coalition of Color: Chinese Progressive Association, MassVOTE, NAACP, Oiste? and Project Hip-‐Hop Date: June 12, 2012 "Stop...
Key Facts About Pre-registration
Key Facts about Pre-Registration Pre-registration should help about 9 voters per precinct (about 20,000 statewide per year) – while reducing costly last-minute registrations that come in just before the deadline. Pre-registrants should be able to use the same...
Victory! Election bill passes in the house
ELECTION REFORM PACKAGE PASSES IN THE STATE HOUSE BOSTON—Yesterday the Massachusetts State House passed an election modernization bill that will make it easier for people to register to vote, increase the security and integrity of the vote counting process,...
49 organizations join the call to fix Mass election laws
49 organizations from across Massachusetts are calling for swift passage of reforms to protect the right to vote in time for the 2012 elections. They recently sent a joint letter to State House leaders demanding reform now. The organizations, ranging from MassVOTE to...
Globe: Mass. voting maps reflect State House evolution
Here is an excerpt from an epic Boston Globe article marking the occasion of one of the most voter-empowering redistricting laws in recent history, thanks to MassVOTE, our coalition partners, and the legislators who brilliantly performed their duties on the redistricting...
Globe: Menino decries redistricting plan
Says Chinatown should not be split, as panel proposes November 25, 2011 | By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday panned a City Council redistricting plan that would divide Chinatown by shifting one of its precincts out of District 2, calling...
New congressional maps give you more power
November 7, 2011: A new map has been offered by Massachusetts legislative leaders and your voice has been heard. Across the state, people working with MassVOTE and our partners in the Drawing Democracy project have asked for districts that made sense to you. The new...
