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