Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition

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

Your 2020 Vote-by-Mail Guide

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Vote-by-Mail provides Massachusetts voters with a safe and efficient way to have our voices counted. Vote-by-Mail will also be a significant component of the 2020 election results, both statewide and nationally.  But take note: if you wish to Vote-by-Mail in the September 1 primary, be advised that time is of the essence!

Therefore, in coordination with MassCreative’s popular Creative the Vote campaign, MALC is publishing what all Massachusetts voters need to know about voting by mail:

Step 1: You need a ballot application

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Two Immediate Arts & Culture Call-to-Action Items!

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There are four amendments we believe are necessary to ensure further protection and relief for the arts and cultural community:

•#111 – filed by Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Chair McMurty, which increases the fund for arts and cultural virtual promotion to $10 million and includes all arts and cultural nonprofit organizations in the grant program. (more…)

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MASSCreative launches grassroots “Create the Vote 2020” campaign!

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MASSCreative announced on June 24, the launch of a non-partisan, grassroots Create the Vote campaign with a focus on increasing civic engagement and strengthening our democracy. Led by MASSCreative’s Create the Vote Steering Committee, the campaign will use art and culture to develop creative strategies to register people to vote, educate voters about casting ballots by mail, getting people to participate in the electoral process, advocate for safer in-person elections, and turning people out to vote. (more…)

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