{"id":9328,"date":"2018-08-28T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=9328"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:23:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:23:07","slug":"get-your-vote-on-part-four-the-ma-state-senate-and-house-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/get-your-vote-on\/get-your-vote-on-part-four-the-ma-state-senate-and-house-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Vote ON! Part Four \u2013 The MA State Senate and House Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get Your Vote ON!<\/h3>\n

Guide for the September 4th Massachusetts Primaries<\/h4>\n

Part Four \u2013 the Massachusetts State Senate and State Representative Races<\/h5>\n

As mentioned in our August 7th blog post<\/a>, the Massachusetts primary elections take place this year on Tuesday, September 4th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

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.\u00a0 All 200 of these seats have two-year terms.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In some races the September 4th Primary will determine who wins the seat outright (i.e., only Democratic candidates or only Republican candidates are on the ballot).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please take the time to vote!<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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<\/strong> and the 2018 By Artists, For Artists <\/i>report<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>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.<\/p>\n

Link to the 2016 MALC Labor Policy paper<\/strong>:
\n<\/span>http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/policy\/labor-policy-2016\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Link to the 2018 By Artists, For Artists <\/i>report:<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/reports\/announcing-the-release-of-2018-by-artists-for-artists-report-and-the-10th-anniversary-of-malc\/<\/a><\/p>\n

MALC does not endorse candidates for office.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

MASSCreative is collecting questionnaires from candidates running for office via its Create the Vote<\/strong> Initiative:
\nhttp:\/\/www.mass-creative.org\/ctv18legislature<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

—————————-<\/p>\n

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:
\nhttp:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/wheredoivotema\/\/bal\/myelectioninfo.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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The State Senate\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

To find out who is running for State Senate in each district:
\nhttps:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Massachusetts_State_Senate_elections,_2018<\/a><\/p>\n

The State House of Representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n

To find out who is running for State House of Representatives in each district:
\n\u00a0https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018<\/a><\/p>\n

——————-<\/h4>\n

Remember to VOTE on September 4th!
\nEncourage others to do so!<\/h4>\n

Find out where to vote:
\nhttp:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/wheredoivotema\/\/bal\/myelectioninfo.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

A Democracy only works when its people take part!<\/h4>\n

Written by Kathleen Bitetti
\nArtist and co-founder of the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition<\/p>\n

As discussed in Get Your Vote On \u2013 Part One<\/a>, there are also important federal primary races: One U.S Senate seat and all nine seats Massachusetts Congressional seats<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> In Part Two we covered the Governor and Lt. Governor races<\/a>. Next was Part Three \u2013 Massachusetts State Constitutional races<\/a> for Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor and Secretary of State.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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