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Get Your Vote ON! Part Three – The State Constitutional Office Races

Get Your Vote ON!

Guide for the September 4th Massachusetts Primaries

Part Three – the Massachusetts State Constitutional races for
Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, and Secretary of State

As mentioned in our August 7th blog post, the Massachusetts primary elections take place this year on Tuesday, September 4th.

We encourage you to visit Ballotpedia, a great, free resource for the 2018 primary (September 4th) and the 2018 general election (November 6th):
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_elections,_2018

All the elected officials who currently hold their seats for these four Constitutional Offices (AG, Treasurer, State Auditor, and Secretary of State) are running to be re-elected. These are state-wide seats and this means that anyone who is registered to vote in Massachusetts can and should vote in these four primary election races.

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.

The Attorney General’s Race

There is only one Democrat running and that is the current Attorney General (the incumbent). There are two Republican candidates running for the seat. Thus, the September 4th primary will decide which of the two Republican candidates will face off in the general election against our current Attorney General.

Please see the Ballotpedia page for more info on the AG’s race:
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Attorney_General_election,_2018

Info about what the State Attorney General’s office oversees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Attorney_General

The Secretary of State’s Race

There are two Democrats running for this seat.  By all accounts this Democratic primary is a very competitive race (i.e., your vote really matters). There is one Republican candidate and one Green Party candidate running for this seat. The September 4th primary will decide which of the two Democratic candidates will be on the ballot the general election in November.

Please see the Ballotpedia page for more the race:
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Secretary_of_State_election,_2018

Info about what the Secretary of State office oversees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Secretary_of_the_Commonwealth

The State Treasurer’s Race

There is only one Democrat running and that is the current State Treasurer (the incumbent). There is one Republican candidate and one Green Party candidate running for the seat.

Please see the Ballotpedia page for more information:
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Treasurer_election,_2018

Info about what the State Treasurer’s office oversees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer_and_Receiver-General_of_Massachusetts

The State Auditor’s Race

There is only one Democrat running and that is the current State Auditor (the incumbent). There is one Republican candidate, one Green-Rainbow Party candidate, and one Libertarian running for the seat.

Please see the Ballotpedia page for more information:
https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Auditor_election,_2018

Info about what the State Auditor’s office oversees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_State_Auditor

Remember to VOTE on September 4th!
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

It is important to note that all of our State Representatives and State Senators are up for re-election and that will be covered in Get Your Vote ON-Part Four.  In Part Two we covered  the Governor and Lt. Governor races. And as discussed in Get Your Vote On – Part One, there are also important federal primary races: One U.S Senate seat and all nine seats Massachusetts Congressional seats.