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Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts

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!

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Get Your Vote ON! Part Four – The Three 2018 Ballot Questions

Get Your Vote ON!

Guide for the November 6th,  Massachusetts General Elections

Part Four– the Three Ballot Questions

The Massachusetts general elections take place this year on Tuesday, November 6th!! And there are three important 2018 ballot questions!

The Massachusetts Secretary of State’s website has a guide to the three questions:

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele18/ballot_questions_18/ballot_questions18.htm

Remember to VOTE on November 6th!
Encourage others to do so!

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

Get Your Vote ON!

Guide for the November 6th Massachusetts General Election

Part Two –State-Wide Constitutional Office races:  the Massachusetts Governor and Lt. Governor races, the Attorney General race, the State Treasurer race, the Secretary of State race, and the State Auditor race.

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

Find out where to vote:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema//bal/myelectioninfo.aspx

No Candidate running has Published an Arts and Culture Platform!

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Get Your Vote ON! Part One – November 6th General Election Federal Races

Get Your Vote ON!

This year the Massachusetts general elections take place on Tuesday, November 6th.

Get Your Vote On – Part One is focusing on the Federal races: One U.S Senate seat and all nine Massachusetts Congressional seats.

MALC does not endorse candidates for office.

Note: All of our State Representatives and State Senators are up for re-election, as well as all of our State Constitutional Officers (Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer, Secretary of State, and State Auditor). The upcoming Get Your Vote ON posts will cover these races and the three ballot questions.

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