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Vote Yes on this bill if you want Massachusetts to create a single public health plan that covers nearly all residents, removes premiums, copays, and deductibles, expands benefits like dental and long-term care, and funds the system with new payroll and income taxes.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, single-payer health care advocates, patient rights groups, disability rights organizations, mental health advocates, and groups representing low-income residents, immigrants, and seniors.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep a larger role for private and employer-based insurance, avoid new payroll and income taxes, and prevent the state from taking over most health care payments and setting provider budgets and prices.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include private health insurers, business and employer associations, anti-tax groups, and health care industry organizations that oppose new state taxes, state price setting, or limits on private insurance.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want people serving prison sentences for felony convictions to keep the right to vote and to expand voting rights in Massachusetts.
Organizations that support this bill may include voting rights groups, civil rights organizations, criminal justice reform advocates, and groups focused on racial equity and democratic participation.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the current rule that people incarcerated for felony convictions cannot vote until they are released.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include tough-on-crime groups, some law enforcement associations, and organizations that believe people convicted of felonies should not vote while incarcerated.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want one open state primary for all voters and candidates, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election regardless of party.
Organizations that support this bill may include election reform groups, independent voter advocates, and civic organizations that want all voters to use the same primary ballot and reduce party control over who reaches the general election.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep party-based primaries, preserve party control over nominations, and avoid a system where two candidates from the same party could be the only choices in the general election.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include political parties, party committees, and groups that believe parties should keep the power to choose their own nominees through separate primaries.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Massachusetts to gradually lower the state income tax rate from 5% to 4%, so people keep more of their wages, interest, and dividend income.
Organizations that support this bill may include taxpayer advocacy groups, business associations, and anti-tax organizations that want residents to keep more of their income.
Vote No on this bill if you want the state to keep the current income tax rate and preserve more revenue for public services such as schools, roads, transit, health programs, and other government needs.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include public employee unions, education and transportation advocates, and local government or budget policy groups concerned about reduced state revenue.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Massachusetts public schools to limit student phone and smartwatch use during the school day in order to reduce distractions, support learning, and protect student mental health while still allowing exceptions for health, disability, and off-campus needs.
Organizations that support this bill may include public school administrators, teacher groups, parent organizations seeking fewer classroom distractions, and student mental health advocates.
Vote No on this bill if you want schools and families to keep more local control over student device rules and if you believe a statewide ban on students carrying or using personal electronic devices during the school day is too restrictive.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties groups, student rights advocates, some parent groups concerned about constant access to their children, and technology industry organizations.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Massachusetts to strengthen local farms, expand access to fresh food, support new and underserved farmers, grow farm-to-school and SNAP produce programs, and make the food supply more resilient during emergencies and climate stress.
Organizations that support this bill may include farm and food producer groups, food banks, school nutrition advocates, anti-hunger nonprofits, urban agriculture organizations, environmental justice groups and workforce training programs because it invests in local food systems, farmer training and food access.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating new state funds, grants, planning requirements and reporting duties, and if you believe government should take a smaller role in shaping food purchasing, farmland policy and urban agriculture development.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, some business or municipal groups concerned about new reporting and program costs, and some property rights or development interests that prefer fewer land-use and grant program interventions.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Massachusetts residents to have more control over their personal information, stronger protections for sensitive health and location data, limits on data sales and targeted ads, and clear rules that hold companies accountable.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer privacy groups, civil liberties organizations, child safety advocates, and reproductive health rights groups that want stronger limits on data collection, sharing, and targeted advertising.
Vote No on this bill if you want businesses to keep more flexibility in how they collect and use customer data, avoid new compliance and legal costs, and preserve data-driven advertising and automated decision tools with fewer restrictions.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include data brokers, advertising technology companies, large online platforms, and business trade groups that object to stricter consent rules, limits on data sales, and new compliance costs.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Massachusetts to invest heavily in public college repairs, cleaner energy systems, student facilities, workforce training, housing reuse, and technology upgrades with stronger public reporting.
Organizations that support this bill may include public college and university associations, clean energy and climate groups, student advocacy organizations, affordable housing advocates, and construction labor unions.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid billions in new long-term borrowing, limit the use of surtax revenue for capital projects, and slow state-led redevelopment of public college property.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, anti-tax and limited-government organizations, fiscal conservatives concerned about long-term borrowing, and local groups worried about redevelopment of surplus campus property.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want clearer national rules for crypto markets, federal registration and customer protection standards for exchanges and brokers, legal protection for personal digital wallets and some decentralized software activity, and a ban on the Federal Reserve offering a consumer central bank digital currency.
Organizations that support this bill may include cryptocurrency industry groups, blockchain developers, fintech companies, digital asset exchanges, some banking and custody firms, and privacy advocates that favor self-custody rights and a ban on a retail central bank digital currency.
Vote No on this bill if you want stronger SEC and state oversight of digital assets, fewer carveouts for decentralized finance and blockchain developers, tighter limits on crypto market growth and speculation, and to preserve the option for the Federal Reserve to study or create a central bank digital currency in the future.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include consumer protection groups, investor advocates, some state securities regulators, anti-money-laundering watchdogs, and groups that believe the bill gives the crypto industry too many exemptions while limiting future central bank digital currency options.