In-person early voting takes place during a designated early voting period, set by state law. For statewide elections, early voting periods include guaranteed weekend voting hours for the entire community. The in-person early voting period designated for the 2024 Massachusetts primary elections is Au...
citizens: “The revolution of 1800 . . . was as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 76 was in it’s form,” he wrote, “not effected indeed by the sword . . . but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage [voting] of the people...
more direct access to political power. Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe sought to expand voting through policies that made it easier for Americans to purchase land. Under their leadership, seven new states entered the Union. By 1824, only three states still had rules about how much p...