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Coalition calls for lowering barriers to mail ballots and allowing same-day voter registration in Rhode Island Edward Fitzpatrick © Rhode Island Secretary of State Envelope and sticker for mail ballots in Rhode Island's June 2 presidential primary PROVIDENCE — As Republican elected officials across the country push for new voting restrictions, a coalition of 27 groups is calling for Rhode Island to lower barriers to using mail ballots, expanding early voting, and allowing same-day voter registration. The “Let RI Vote” coalition – with groups such as Common Cause Rho...

Despite census delays, accuracy must be the top goal of redistricting States should prioritize getting it right over getting it fast. By The Editorial BoardUpdated February 23, 2021, 4:00 a.m. Email to a Friend By pushing back its deadline to distribute census data, the US Census Bureau is pushing states up against tighter deadlines tor planning the 2022 elections.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Federal officials, in announcing that decennial census data will be delivered six months late, have put officials in Massachusetts and states across the country between the proverbial rock and hard place, rob...

Census delays raise questions for plans to redraw legislative, congressional districts By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated February 12, 2021, 6:22 p.m. Email to a Friend Massachusetts voters head to the polls amid pandemic and political maelstrom, voters at Whitman Town Hall practice social distancing amid pandemic. US Census data that Massachusetts officials need to redraw voting districts may not be released until the end of September.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff US Census data that Massachusetts officials need to redraw voting districts may not be released until the end of September — six ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden, spurred on by a lackluster January jobs report and Democratic support for his $1.9 trillion economic aid proposal, said on Friday that the economy was in need of urgent help and that Republicans should either get on board with a robust stimulus package or expect his plan to pass without their support.

DeLeo looks to exit as the sheeple graze toward Mariano Autocracy reigns in the Massachusetts House — that freshman class of 2020 won’t know what hit ’em. By Rachelle G. CohenUpdated December 18, 2020, 3:04 p.m. Email to a Friend House Speaker Robert DeLeo (left) and majority leader Ron Mariano.Globe Staff file Good politicians, smart politicians, know when to exit. And Bob DeLeo — however old-school he may be — is a smart politician. He’s had a good run — 12 years as Massachusetts House speaker and, unlike three of his predecessors, he was never convicted o...