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-====== The ballot initiative that we have engaged in involves collecting signatures (petitioning) to get questions on the ballot. ======
+====== [2023: We are not currently engaged in a ballot initiative.] ======
-  * Petitioning is:
+[see historical info below]
+====== The ballot initiatives that we have engaged in involved collecting signatures (petitioning) to get questions on the ballot. ======
+  * **__<font 16px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Petitioning is:</font>__ **
+  * the act of gathering signatures from voters
+  * how we get ballot questions to the voters
   * citizen action to make real change!
-  * the act of gathering signatures from voters.
+Groups in Massachusetts can use the ballot to make law and to amend the state constitution.
-  * how we get ballot questions to the voters.
-Our aim is to use the ballot to make law and to amend the state constitution.
-Unlike many advocacy groups, our ballot initiatives use the state's legally binding petition process, which gathers signatures only from registered voters.
+Unlike many advocacy groups, our ballot initiatives have focused on using the state's legally binding petition process, and has gathered signatures only from registered voters.
 **<font 28px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Our last statewide petition was in 2020</font>**

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