| Editorial Board | The Boston Globe |
Massachusetts is on track to retain its dubious distinction for the least competitive state elections in the nation, as measured by Ballotpedia, an online political encyclopedia.
”Inducing more candidates to run
Luckily, while most of us have no options in legislative races, we do have a choice of whether to approve Question 3, an ambitious effort to boost competition at the ballot box and end the state’s last-in-the-nation status.
The changes the question calls for could hardly make the electoral system in Massachusetts worse than it is now — and they have the potential to make it much better. The Globe endorses a yes vote, in hopes that the revamped system for qualifying for the November ballot bolsters our democracy by inducing more candidates to run.