The election for Massachusetts secretary of state is shaping up as a battle between different generations over who can best represent the state today: mapoli
Tanisha Sullivan, President of the NAACP Boston Chapter and William Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at WBUR for a Massachusetts Secretary of State Democratic Primary Debate on Radio Boston.
Bill Galvin, who has held the job since 1995 and is running for an eighth term, is facing an aggressive challenge for the Democratic nomination from Tanisha Sullivan, who leads the Boston chapter of the NAACP. "I am now the senior Democratic election official in the United States," Galvin said at the state Democratic convention in Worcester in June."And I intend to use that role to make sure that citizens throughout our country have the opportunity to vote."At the start of the pandemic, Galvin advocated for no-excuse
While overall turnout surged in 2020, Sullivan said it remained too low in a number of communities across the state, especially among immigrant, Black and Hispanic residents,"leaving behind far too many voices.""My experience as a civil rights leader, 20 years as a lawyer, and my lived experience all tell me that reactive, status-quo leadership is a threat to the advancement of voting and abortion rights, economic and racial justice," she said.
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