BOSTON – Following the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision to allow a union-backed ballot to proceed, the Fiscal Alliance Foundation issued the following statement noting that its concerns remain unaddressed and that the Commonwealth will be putting itself in a precarious legal position if the petition were to pass.

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-partisan, non-profit organization that engages in legal challenges related to measures that involve the absence of a fiscally responsible, transparent, and accountable government and the tenets of individual liberty. More specifically, when the rights of the public at large and of private citizens are at risk due to these government oversteps.

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation announced today that an Opening Brief was filed with the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on behalf of three Massachusetts citizen voters—including Foundation board member Kristen Arute, spokesperson Paul Craney, and Michael Hruby —outlining their case against the ballot question titled an Initiative Petition for an Act Giving Transportation Network Drivers the Option to Form a Union and Bargain Collectively, from being allowed on the 2024 ballot.

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The Fiscal Alliance Foundation issued the following statement regarding the Attorney General’s certification of a ballot question seeking to reimpose government-imposed rent control measures in Massachusetts.

On August 2^nd, the Fiscal Alliance Foundation submitted written comments to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) casting doubt on the constitutionality of several potential ballot questions, including attempts at imposing ranked choice voting (04, 07, and 08).

BOSTON – On August 2, state Representative Mike Connolly, a socialist from Cambridge, filed paperwork with the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) for a ballot question that would, among other things, enact government-imposed rent control. Rep. Connolly’s ballot question also included other policies, such as allowing cities and towns to pass new rules regulating evictions. The ballot question seeks to overturn the will of the voters, who in 1994 voted to outlaw government-imposed rent control. Rep. Connolly was one of 15 individuals who signed the rent control ballot question proposal, which may be found by clicking here.

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released the following statement in response to the Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling upholding a decision by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office striking down a ballot question that sought to limit giving to political organizations.

Last August, Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig filed paperwork at the Attorney General’s office seeking to place a referendum on the 2024 ballot that would limit political speech in elections.