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Making presidential primaries relevant again to Mass. voters

Making presidential primaries relevant again to Mass. voters

Ranked choice voting would help bring some clarity to process

By Kevin Johnson and Rob Richie Elections 0 Comments Mar 3, 2019

MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS care about presidential elections. Many knock on doors in New Hampshire or phone bank to voters in Florida and Ohio. Of course, they may also vote for president, but they do so knowing that what really matters will happen somewhere else. For 2020, Massachusetts can at last make itself a state that matters.(...)

Ranked choice far superior to top-two

California experiment managed to anger everybody

Let’s get off the ranked choice bandwagon

Voting method not suited to one-and-a-half party state

Paul Schlichtman

Union ‘loophole’ going to Supreme Court

Case has a shot given justices’ aversion to unions

August 29, 2018

New Dem electeds talk race — and racism

Elugardo describes her party as 'straight-up racist'

Michael P. Norton

Baker shows a Republican can do well in cities

Courting urban leaders, voters was a strategy that paid off

Going behind the vote totals in legislative races

Look who did and did not contribute to Nguyen

Dems pick up three seats on Beacon Hill

Nguyen defeats Rep. Lyons, Rausch upsets Sen. Ross

CommonWealth’s election cram sheet

Find out what you need to know to make good choices

CommonWealth Staff

Union ‘loophole’ isn’t a very big one

Donations this year totaled about $1.4 million

Rachel Adele Dec

Researchers at odds on agency’s nurse staffing report

Those cited in HPC document disagree with some of the findings

Democrats seek to increase dominance in Legislature

Party’s candidates have financial edge in most contested races

This election could see a millennial wave

Was the Pressley victory the canary in the coal mine?

Globe and Herald throw endorsement curves

Globe backs Libertarian for auditor; Herald supports Healey

GOP’s Sen. Ross refuses to debate his opponent

No question forums have value, but do voters care?

Actress: Yes on Q3 would send message to nation

Teacher reps join Laverne Cox in urging voters to preserve transgender law

Why we’re voting no on Question 1

Evidence raises concerns on nurse-to-patient staffing ratios

Here’s why more nurses don’t mean better care

Question 1’s rigid ratios may undercut technology improvements

On nurse ballot measure, Dems line up with labor

Are policy points secondary to union loyalty?

Bellotti going strong at 95

He also was unwilling to wait his turn

MA Fiscal sues to block ad disclosures

Says disclosing 5 top donors violates free speech rights

Sept. 6, 2018

Gonzalez: Records destruction bid suggests cover-up

Accuses Baker of ‘management failure of epic proportions’

Question 1 bad for care, nursing education

Measure will lead to cutbacks, closures at hospitals

Long wait for Red, Orange Line improvements

Final signals contract awarded, but major benefits unlikely until 2024

Strapped to the status quo express

We can’t keep running away from the need for new revenue

MA ruling on corporate donations is a missed opportunity

Nation’s worst campaign finance law should go to Supreme Court

Caccaviello to mount write-in campaign

Berkshire County DA says Harrington too inexperienced

HPC urged to weigh in on nurse ballot question

Health plans: Commission should estimate cost of staffing initiative

Gonzalez follows millionaire tax playbook

Dem wants to join Trump in taxing college endowments

Trahan wins recount by 145 votes

Koh concedes, urges Democratic unity behind his rival

Diehl says he could be asset to Baker

Dems continue to try to link Baker to Trump