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...outcome of last month’s vote on Massachusetts?? ballot initiatives has important ramifications for the future of direct democracy. Ballot initiatives represent one of the few undeniable examples of a vibrant, powerful direct democratic force in our nation. The president may be chosen by an unelected nine-person court, our candidates for senator or governor may be uninspiring lowest-common-denominator centrists, but at least we, the people, have an unimpeded say on what happens in our communities on such issues as bilingual education and medicinal marijuana...
...voting record on one question was particularly distressing. Massachusetts?? state-wide clean-elections referendum, Question 3, was in fact a straw man. Though it appeared that, as with most ballot initiatives, a “yes” vote would signify that one supported the goals of the measure’s sponsors, Question 3 was introduced and written by state legislators who were hoping for a “no” vote. To this end, these legislators framed the question in a highly manipulative manner...
...issue up for decision in Question 3 was Massachusetts?? Clean Elections program, under which candidates receive public funding after making certain commitments regarding campaign spending and fundraising. However, Question 3 simply asks voters if they “support taxpayer money being used to fund political campaigns for public office in Massachusetts,” making no mention of the “clean” part of “clean elections”—the restraints required for any such campaign...
Alpha Iota of Massachusetts??the official name of Harvard’s chapter—is the society’s oldest national chapter...
...students who got out to Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, on Massachusetts??s Cape Ann, saw not only the brilliant meteor shower, but also Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn...