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It was great to vote yesterday!
My favorite vote, other than for our governor who would make an excellent President but will never run, was Ballot question 2 which mandates a 15-member commission of Massachusetts residents form to explore a path to repeal the 2010 Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
It passed of course. The commission, in one state, is meaningless, but it's an important first step in getting money out of politics.
I think one of the few things that will save our country from fulfilling Mike Judge's prescient film, Idiocracy, is some form of publicly funded elections. Combined with real limitations on K Street, we might have a chance.
I know, I know, you can argue that these changes curtail the First Amendment, and there is some validity to that argument. But the Constitution is not a death sentence either. Definitely a Catch 22 any way you look at it.
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