Get Your Vote ON! Part Three – The MA State Senate and House Races
Get Your Vote ON!
Guide for the November 6th, Massachusetts General Elections
Part Three – the Massachusetts State Senate and State Representative Races
The Massachusetts general elections take place this year on Tuesday, November 6th!!
We encourage you to visit Ballotpedia, a great, free resource the 2018 general election (November 6th):
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_elections,_2018
All seats in the Massachusetts State Legislature are up for election. This means that all 40 seats in the State Senate and all 160 seats in the state’s House of Representatives are up for election. All 200 of these seats have two-year terms.
In some races only a Democratic candidate or only a Republican candidate are on the ballot.
Please take the time to vote!
MALC once again urges the candidates and their campaigns to create a platform for our sector and to take the time to read the MALC 2016 Labor policy paper and the 2018 By Artists, For Artists report. If you are volunteering or working on any campaigns, urge your campaign to create a platform and refer to the two publications mentioned above and linked below.
Link to the 2016 MALC Labor Policy paper:
http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/policy/labor-policy-2016/
Link to the 2018 By Artists, For Artists report:
http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/reports/announcing-the-release-of-2018-by-artists-for-artists-report-and-the-10th-anniversary-of-malc/
MALC does not endorse candidates for office.
MASSCreative is collecting questionnaires from candidates running for office via its Create the Vote Initiative:
http://www.mass-creative.org/ctv18legislature
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Voting in the legislative races is restricted to residents of their specific districts, of which there are 40. In other words, you can only vote for the candidates running in your district for the State Senate and State Representative seats. Discover your district from this link:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema//bal/myelectioninfo.aspx
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The State Senate
To find out who is running for State Senate in each district:
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_State_Senate_elections,_2018
The State House of Representatives
To find out who is running for State House of Representatives in each district:
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018
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Remember to VOTE on November 6th!
Encourage others to do so!
Find out where to vote:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema//bal/myelectioninfo.aspx
A Democracy only works when its people take part!
Written by Kathleen Bitetti
Artist and co-founder of the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
November 14th is fast approaching! Attend the 12th Annual Artists Under the Dome Event at the Massachusetts State House’s Great Hall.
For more information and to register:
https://www.mass.gov/event/the-twelfth-annual-artists-under-the-dome-event-2018-2018-11-14t093000-0500-2018-11-14t140000