Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 - MCAS A "yes" vote onQuestion 2, would wipe out the lone statewide graduation requirement in Massachusetts that students pass theMCAS testby 10th grade. Students would still take theMCAS, but each district would set its own standards for graduation. "This really...
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Second, even if all were to begin offering those courses, that hardly assures that it would be rigorously taught or that students would be held to a realistic, standard level of achievement on them. Massachusetts citizens should understand that a ballot question is a very blunt instrument, ...
Why Is This Even on the Ballot?: Reactionaries in this state collected enough signatures to do so because they want to take our state backwards. This is the first time in decades that Massachusetts has had acitizens veto referendumon the ballot. What that means is that when you enter the ...
On the back of aresounding victoryfor her push toaudit the Massachusetts Legislature, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is taking steps to “re-engage” with leaders on Beacon Hill who have stymied her efforts thus far. DiZoglio sent a letter Friday afternoon to House Speaker Ron ...
But local politicians said the vote was probably not a fair test of Cuomo’s popularity because the use of voting machines in the vast majority of precincts discourages a voter from writing in the name of a candidate not already on the ballot. ...
Massachusetts residents faced a lot of choices: They voted to fill the open seat, approved a statewide ballot question expanding the state's “right to repair” law, weighed a second ballot question on ranked choice voting and decided whether to reelect some longtime incumbents...
2026 BALLOT? —“Group behind Medicaid expansion initiative might have to restart petition gathering,”reports Jackie Llanos of the Florida Phoenix. “[Florida Decides Healthcare] said on Monday it received guidance from the [Department of State] in early August that Floridians who signed the petit...
They’ve got almost a dozen field organizers, they’ve got 100-plus paid canvassers. They’ve been able in the last 45 days or 60 days … to knock on a bunch of doors. They’re playing catch up, but they’re playing catch up at a time when her ballot was rising. It’s really ...