BOSTON — Supporters of an all-party primary system in Massachusetts delivered around 80,000 certified signatures to the state elections division this week, as proponents positioned the measure as the solution to a system “dominated by party insiders.”
“All over this Commonwealth, I have met people who are so frustrated because they do not have choices on their ballot, because they feel that their votes are taken for granted by politicians. All-party primary will change that,” convening chair of the Coalition for Healthy Democracy Danielle Allen said on the capitol steps.
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