{"id":10951,"date":"2026-03-02T15:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10951"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:17:48","slug":"all-party-primary-initiative-campaign-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/events\/event\/all-party-primary-initiative-campaign-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Party Primary Initiative Campaign Kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join the Coalition for Healthy Democracy, Activists United, and the Democrats of Clark University to kick off the campaign for the <a href=\"https:\/\/coalitionforhealthydemocracy.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">All-Party Primary Initiative<\/a>, a citizen-initiated ballot question that will appear on Massachusetts ballots in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This proposed law would eliminate political party primaries for state elections and instead establish a system where there would be a single, all-party primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, would be listed on one ballot, and voters could vote for any candidate on the ballot. The two candidates receiving the most votes in the primary would advance to the general election ballot. This proposed law would require candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to run and be listed jointly on the ballot in the primary. This proposed law would provide political party status to any group whose candidates for any statewide office received at least 3% of the ballots cast in the state primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured Speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Danielle Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at Harvard Kennedy School&#8217;s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and convening chair of the Coalition for Healthy Democracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jesse Littlewood, campaign manager for the Coalition for Healthy Democracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" 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