Ballot Question 3 debate and more – plus, our Ballot Question Guide
ADVERTISEMENT National Grid is strengthening its systems and preparing crews for winter weather to help deliver safe, reliable energy communities depend on. The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, CommonWealth Beacon hosted a debate on ballot Question 3 and the effort to bring all-party primaries to Massachusetts. Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor who founded the group advancing Question 3, and Jordan Berg Powers, chair of Voter Rights MA, which is opposing the ballot question, represented the two sides. The debate highlights ongoing disagreements over how to fix the lack of competitive elections in the Commonwealth. Hallie Claflin recaps the event. Plus, proposed changes to the 2030 Census could drastically undercount Massachusetts residents, with impacts rippling out into inaccurate employment rates, health care statistics, and billions of dollars lost in fede...