Election, this Tuesday
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davis_squareThe Massachusetts primary election is this Tuesday, September 19th.
We have two parties with official ballot status in Massachusetts: Democratic and Republican. Both parties will be holding primaries on Tuesday - but there are no contested Republican primaries in this area. With the exception of Governor/Lt. Governor, Democratic nominees will win every office that Cambridge & Somerville vote on. This is the election that counts, more than November!
You can vote in the Democratic primary if you registered to vote before August 30th, either as a Democrat or as unenrolled (no party). If you registered for a past election, you don't need to re-register. If you moved in the past six months and didn't re-register with your new address, vote at your old address. Find your precinct and polling place at WhereDoIVoteMA.com.
Contested Democratic Races
Research the candidates...
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ljmass and massachusetts without my own recommendations, but since there are a number of people on this community who ask me for candidate recommendations, I strongly recommend Deval Patrick, Andrea Silbert, and John Bonifaz for the statewide offices, and I have a mild preference for Bruce Desmond for Middlesex Clerk of Court. There are no other contested races in the Davis Square area (Somerville wards 6 & 7).
Disclosure: I am John Bonifaz's campaign blogger. Bonifaz is a voting rights and election reform leader, running for Secretary. You can read my blog posts at johnbonifaz.com. See also last week's front page Globe article about this race - why won't Bill Galvin debate?
We have two parties with official ballot status in Massachusetts: Democratic and Republican. Both parties will be holding primaries on Tuesday - but there are no contested Republican primaries in this area. With the exception of Governor/Lt. Governor, Democratic nominees will win every office that Cambridge & Somerville vote on. This is the election that counts, more than November!
You can vote in the Democratic primary if you registered to vote before August 30th, either as a Democrat or as unenrolled (no party). If you registered for a past election, you don't need to re-register. If you moved in the past six months and didn't re-register with your new address, vote at your old address. Find your precinct and polling place at WhereDoIVoteMA.com.
Contested Democratic Races
- Governor: Deval Patrick, Chris Gabrieli, Tom Reilly
- Lieutenant Governor: Andrea Silbert, Tim Murray, Deborah Goldberg
- Secretary of State (technically, Secretary of the Commonwealth): John Bonifaz, Bill Galvin
- Middlesex Clerk of Courts: Bruce Desmond, Michael Sullivan
Research the candidates...
- Visit their web sites.
- For the statewide races, a lot of candidates have videos on YouTube - search for their names
- Look for coverage on the Massachusetts political blogs, starting with Blue Mass Group. Blue Mass Group's blogroll lists all the other MA politics blogs.
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ljmass and massachusetts without my own recommendations, but since there are a number of people on this community who ask me for candidate recommendations, I strongly recommend Deval Patrick, Andrea Silbert, and John Bonifaz for the statewide offices, and I have a mild preference for Bruce Desmond for Middlesex Clerk of Court. There are no other contested races in the Davis Square area (Somerville wards 6 & 7).Disclosure: I am John Bonifaz's campaign blogger. Bonifaz is a voting rights and election reform leader, running for Secretary. You can read my blog posts at johnbonifaz.com. See also last week's front page Globe article about this race - why won't Bill Galvin debate?
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Date: 2006-09-19 02:32 pm (UTC)How does this happen? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/pl_nm/bush_poll_dc) Why is it so easy for these guys to focus on terror and war, when we really need help at home, and on the gulf coast with the whole Katrina disaster. The current administration has totally failed here, yet they are able to get back up in the polls. I am totally baffled? I sure hope we can get this message out and help the rest of the country see the big picture when it comes time to pick a new President.