Ballot Question Process
Proposing or opposing ballot questions
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Product Description
Product Description
The biennial statewide elections in Massachusetts typically present voters with one or more ballot questions that propose new laws, constitutional amendments, or the repeal of existing laws. The 2022 election presented four such questions. This new program takes a behind-the-scenes look at how such questions come to be on the ballot and what makes the campaigns for and against the various proposals successful.
The program is useful to anyone interested in learning more—from the vantage points of key players in the process—about how to propose or oppose ballot questions.
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Agenda
Agenda & Materials
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9:30am - 9:35am
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9:35am - 9:50am
General Overview of the Process
on demand video Add to Cart -
9:50am - 10:05am
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10:05am - 10:35am
Certification Process
on demand video Add to CartAnne L. Sterman, Esq., Deputy Bureau Chief/Government Bureau/Office of the Attorney General , Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Thomas O. Bean, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP , Boston
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10:35am - 10:55am
Signature Gathering
on demand video Add to CartMichelle K. Tassinari, Esq., Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division , Boston
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10:55am - 11:10am
Break
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11:10am - 11:20am
Legislative Steps
on demand video Add to CartMichelle K. Tassinari, Esq., Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division , Boston
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11:20am - 11:35am
Additional Information for Voters
on demand video Add to CartAnne L. Sterman, Esq., Deputy Bureau Chief/Government Bureau/Office of the Attorney General , Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Michelle K. Tassinari, Esq., Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division , Boston
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11:35am - 12:05pm
Litigation
on demand video Add to CartHon. Dalila Argaez Wendlandt, Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
Neal G. Quenzer, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP , Boston
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12:05pm - 12:25pm
Before and After Election Day
on demand video Add to CartThomas O. Bean, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP , Boston
Anne L. Sterman, Esq., Deputy Bureau Chief/Government Bureau/Office of the Attorney General , Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Michelle K. Tassinari, Esq., Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division , Boston
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