The Herald reports that Rayla Campbell, the Randolph Republican who likes to show up at events in a flag dress, is suing the state to get on the November ballot in the 7th congressional district, currently represented by Ayanna Pressley. Read more.
Former City Councilor Rob Consalvo has about 54% of the Democratic primary vote in the race for the 14th Suffolk (Hyde Park, Roslindale, West Roxbury) compared to 33% for Gretchen Van Ness and 14% for Duckens Petit-Maitre. Read more.
Especially in Boston, a number of polling places have had their locations changed due to Covid-19 or other reasons (for example, unfinished repairs at the Roslindale Community Center from a burst water pipe). You can find your current polling place at a site run by the Secretary of State's office.
Two twitter jokers went all-out with detailed fake polling data on Mass politics. Why? Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled this afternoon that the Massachusetts requirement that mail-in primary ballots cannot reach local election officials after 8 p.m. on Sept. 1 is constitutional. Read more.
People stood in front of or next to post offices in West Roxbury, Roslindale and elsewhere today to support the Postal Service and its workers. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter summarizes the positions of Brandy Fluker Oakley, Jovan Lacet and Stephanie Everett during a forum sponsored by MassVote. The three are running in the Sept. 1 Democratic primary to replace outgoing state Rep. Dan Cullinane.
Of course, there's absolutely no reason why somebody might suddenly not trust the US Postal Service with their mail-in ballots, nope, but just in case, there are a couple of ways for Bostonians to return mail-in ballots without popping them into a mailbox, according to the Boston Elections Department. Read more.
Our mail-in ballots took six days to travel across Watertown mailed 8/11 arrived 8/17. Expect more USPS slow downs as the November election approaches. Trumps plan to Kneecap the Post Office https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/14/obama-trump-postal-service-usps-395270 seems to be having the desired effect.
Check the status of your mail-in ballot here: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/track/trackmyballot.aspx
The Blank Check Kid spotted these mailboxes being hauled away on Washington Street in Brighton Center around 4 p.m. today. Read more.
A question on qualified immunity, which provides protection for police officers and other municipal employees when they do something wrong while on duty, proved one of the more dramatic differences among the three candidates for state representative in the 14th Suffolk district - Hyde Park and parts of Roslindale and West Roxbury. Read more.
Brookline Town Administrator Mel Kleckner reported tonight that at least 30 Brookline voters got the wrong ballots mailed to them for the Sept. 1 primary. Read more.
The Walpole League of Women Voters sponsored an Eighth District debate between incumbent Steve Lynch and challenger Robbie Goldstein for the Sept. 1 Democratic primary.
The Kennedy campaign issued a press release today about how Ed Markey allegedly never visits most of Massachusetts, featuring what they think is a real zinger: Read more.
Rayla Campbell in West Roxbury last month.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that the state does not have to print Rayla Campbell's name on the Republican ballot for the 7th District congressional seat, because she failed to collect even the reduced number of signatures the court had earlier allowed due to Covid-19 issues. Read more.
Gov. Baker signed the Covid-19-related bill and now the state is getting ready to mail out applications for both the September primaries and the November final election. You'll still be able to vote at a polling place if you really want to.
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