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Reforming Direct Democracy: What if Beacon Hill’s Critics Have Ballot Initiatives All Wrong? (opens the original)
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With nine measures up for consideration this November, direct democracy appears to be thriving in Massachusetts. The proposals cover a range of topics and issues and one – to make the legislature and governor subject to the public records law – concerns the way in which representative democracy functions in the Commonwealth. For that reason – and, no doubt, the pressure supporters believe that initiative proposals put on representative democracy – the legislature has been considering potential c
Grading a Massachusetts Initiative Primer: When ‘Politics-as-Usual’ is the Wrong Frame (opens the original)
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The Real-World Consequences of DiZoglio’s Cynical Transparency Crusade (opens the original)
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The State Auditor’s Predictable Response to Emerging Public Records Reform Legislation (opens the original)
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As recently reported, the State Senate is soon expected to pass its version of a legislative public records reform bill. Like the House bill, the proposal would create a statutory process to govern legislative record requests apart from the existing public records framework by d
Transparency Advocates Take the House to Task … For Legislating (opens the original)
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The odd coalition of legislative transparency proponents continues to vent its frustration with the response by the House of Representatives to both the legislative audit and the measure on the ballot this fall that would subject the General Court to the Commonwealth’s public records law. As drafted, H.5469 would (a) permit the State Auditor limited authority to audit certain administrative functions, and (b) allow public records requests for specific legislative materials. (We discuss the bill
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