Common Cause Massachusetts

05/29/2026

We had a great time meeting with local activists and discussing CCMA’s work at our Coffee with a Cause in Barnstable yesterday!

Thanks to all our members on Cape Cod!

05/28/2026

Outside interests are pouring millions into Massachusetts to influence our elections - donate today to support our work advocating for campaign finance reform!

https://www.commoncause.org/massachusetts/donate/

05/27/2026

Massachusetts needs campaign finance reform! Click the link to tell your representatives to support the Ballot Spending Transparency Act ⬇️⬇️

Tell state lawmakers to support the bipartisan Ballot Spending Transparency Act filed by Rep Dan Ryan (H.868) and Senator Sal DiDomenico (S.507). In recent years state ballot questions have attracted tens of millions of dollars spent to convince voters how they should vote. In the last ten years a t...

05/21/2026

Common Cause is asking the Massachusetts US Senate candidates to publicly demand that certain organizations, known as 501c4s due to the tax code they operate under, voluntarily disclose their "dark money" donors.

Read about our letter to the Massachusetts US Senate candidates In today's MASSterList. Our full letter to the candidates is in the comments.

Ask your Senator to support S. 1114 and S. 1124 for Clean Slate legislation because an old CORI should not mean a lifetime of blocked opportunities.

05/21/2026

Common Cause sent a formal letter to all Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidates, urging them to call for the voluntary disclosure of any “dark money” contributions.

This action follows an FEC complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center, which alleges that a dark money group called MA Progress Action may have violated federal campaign finance independent expenditure laws regarding the race.

Read our full letter HERE: https://www.commoncause.org/massachusetts/resources/common-cause-urges-massachusetts-u-s-senate-candidates-to-disclose-dark-money-contributions/

05/21/2026

Massachusetts is the ONLY state that punishes voters for not returning the municipal census - learn more at votingrightsma.org

05/20/2026

Massachusetts needs to protect elections from deepfakes and misinformation! Click the link to tell your lawmakers to show your support for regulating AI-generated election materials⬇️⬇️

In recent years, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used to create and manipulate content that can deceive, manipulate, and misinform voters. Often called “deepfakes,” these materials are becoming increasingly realistic and harder to detect, putting the integrity of our elections a...

05/16/2026

Join our community partners in observing a National Day of Action for Voting Rights, happening tomorrow at Boston Common at 1pm - click below to RSVP!

https://www.mobilize.us/commoncause/event/955230/

05/15/2026

We need Same Day Registration in Massachusetts! Use the link below to tell your legislators why it’s important to you ⬇️⬇️

Thousands of Massachusetts voters are STILL unable to participate in our state elections due to unnecessary barriers to participation, like the arbitrary ten-day voter registration cutoff, becoming an inactive voter for failing to return a municipal census, and other administrative errors that voter...

05/13/2026

Please join us in wishing our Spring Intern, Kenny, farewell as his internship concludes this week. This spring, Kenny worked on member outreach, conducted a survey on municipal hybrid meeting access, and began composing our statewide Election Protection program manual. Thank you for all your hard work this semester, and congratulations on your graduation from Boston University!