Are Ballot Measures Broken?

Do ballot questions still work.... and for whom?
When Beacon Hill drags its feet, ballot measures take center stage in expensive and sharp-elbowed fights over complicated issues like taxation, social policy, and workers’ rights. But is the ballot box the best way to craft law, an end-run around the Legislature, or just a way to buy new policy?

In live crossover episodes of The Codcast and The Horse Race podcasts, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Gintautas Dumcius and Jennifer Smith, plus MassINC Polling Group President Steve Koczela, host panels on the history of Massachusetts ballot initiatives, money in ballot campaigns, and polling on the current slate of five questions – the biggest single batch to go before voters in two decades.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The West End Museum, Lomasney Way, Boston, United States