S8 Citizens United/ MA Amendment

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     Hi All,

          You wanted to help, now is the time, it is really needed.

          We have until Wednesday when a Constitutional convention is required to happen by law(The 14th of May). All Amendments to the MA Constitution need to get a majority vote in the ConCon two sessions in a row to make it on the ballot. If this works out we could be on the ballot in 2028.

          S8 came out of committee as "ought not to pass". There was no vote. My understanding is that the House side had not set its rules yet so they could not vote and S8 could not come out "favorably" because the House holds more seats in committees. The Senate side was ready to vote in favor.

          I was told that the best thing that we could do was to contact the House Election Laws co-chair Representative Daniel Hunt  who represents the 13th Suffolk consisting of Boston's Ward 13 Precincts 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Ward 15 Precincts 6, 8, Ward 16 Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12. Phone # is (617) 722-2460. Election Laws Committee - https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J15

          What I will be doing besides that is to reach out to All legislators and show the efforts that were put forth after the Citizens United decision. 83 Massachusetts municipalities passed resolutions asking for their Representatives to vote in favor of overturning Citizens United. I will list them. Most resolutions are worded differently. Contact me for a copy of any. 54 Districts had Public Policy Questions on the ballot in 2012 and 2014. My Thanx to All involved. The results were overwhelming. Attached.

          My testimony at the hearing was probably a bunch of frustration at them for not doing what needs to be done and here we are. Thanx to Ellen for her online testimony and all others who reached out.

          What happened with the Committee confused me and I told Terra that we came out favorably at first. So sorry.

          Thanx to All. We probably have until Wednesday but I would suggest not delaying in making the effort. Any issues with the attached, let me know, I will get you the info.

                 Again, Thanx

                                  Nick

          

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