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Massachusetts Move to Amend is building a statewide movement—from Boston and Worcester to the Berkshires, coastal towns, and rural communities—to assert that money is not free speech and corporations are not natural persons. Join Bay Staters working to end corporate rule and build a democracy accountable to people—not wealthy special interests.
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Move to Amend has partnered with We the People Massachusetts -- a non-partisan, all-volunteer network of citizens across the Commonwealth devoted to the cause of democracy. It currently consists of nine local chapters that support the movement to amend the US Constitution by passing House Joint Resolution 48, the We the People Amendment.
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Communities in Support
Alongside hundreds of thousands of individuals have signed our Motion to Amend petition, there have been over 700 communities and states that have passed public resolutions, ordinances, and ballot initiatives supporting the We the People Amendment. Below is a list of resolutions that were passed by elected political bodies (i.e. state legislatures, or county/city/town/village councils), residents who voted at Town Hall meetings, or by voters following organized ballot campaigns by Move to Amend supporters in Massachusetts.
Passing local resolutions in support of amending the constitution is a great way to educate the public and to send a strong signal to legislators that people care about these issues. Click here for information on how to organize a resolution campaign in your community!
Resolutions & Ordinances Passed |
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Andover Town Meeting Ashburnham Town Meeting Brimfield Town Meeting Burlington Town Meeting Essex Town Meeting Hawley Town Meeting Monson Town Meeting |
Nahant Town Meeting Natick Town Meeting North Andover Town Meeting Oxford Town Meeting Saugus Town Meeting Scituate Town Meeting |
Ballot Initiatives Passed |
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Citizens of Acton Citizens of Adams Citizens of Alford Citizens of Amesbury Citizens of Amherst Citizens of Aquinnah Citizens of Arlington Citizens of Ashby Citizens of Ashfield Citizens of Ashland Citizens of Ayer Citizens of Avon Citizens of Barnstable Citizens of Becket Citizens of Bedford Citizens of Belmont Citizens of Bernadston Citizens of Beverly Citizens of Blanford Citizens of Boxborough Citizens of Brewster Citizens of Brookline Citizens of Buckland Citizens of Burlington Citizens of Cambridge Citizens of Canton Citizens of Carlisle Citizens of Charlemont Citizens of Chatham Citizens of Chelmsford Citizens of Cheshire Citizens of Chester Citizens of Chesterfield Citizens of Chilmark Citizens of Clarksburg Citizens of Colrain Citizens of Concord Citizens of Conway Citizens of Cummington Citizens of Dalton Citizens of Danvers Citizens of Deerfield Citizens of Dennis Citizens of Dover Citizens of Dunstable Citizens of Eastham Citizens of Edgartown Citizens of Egremont Citizens of Erving |
Citizens of Fairhaven Citizens of Falmouth Citizens of Fitchburg Citizens of Florida Citizens of Framingham Citizens of Franklin Citizens of Georgetown Citizens of Gill Citizens of Gloucester Citizens of Goshen Citizens of Gosnold Citizens of Great Barrington Citizens of Greenfield Citizens of Groton Citizens of Hadley Citizens of Hamilton Citizens of Hancock Citizens of Harvard Citizens of Harwich Citizens of Hatfield Citizens of Haverhill Citizens of Heath Citizens of Hinsdale Citizens of Holliston Citizens of Hopedale Citizens of Hopkinton Citizens of Hudson Citizens of Huntington Citizens of Ipswich Citizens of Lanesborough Citizens of Lee Citizens of Lenox Citizens of Leverett Citizens of Lexington Citizens of Leyden Citizens of Lincoln Citizens of of Littleton Citizens of Malden Citizens of Manchester-by-the-Sea Citizens of Marblehead Citizens of Marion Citizens of Marlborough Citizens of Mashpee Citizens of Mattapoisett Citizens of Maynard Citizens of Medway Citizens of Melrose Citizens of Mendon Citizens of Merrimac Citizens of Middlefield |
Citizens of Milford Citizens of Millis Citizens of Monroe Citizens of Montague Citizens of Monterey Citizens of Mount Washington Citizens of Nantucket Citizens of Needham Citizens of New Ashford Citizens of New Marlborough Citizens of New Salem Citizens of Newbury Citizens of Newburyport Citizens of Newton Citizens of Norfolk Citizens of North Adams Citizens of North Atterborough Citizens of Northampton Citizens of Northfield Citizens of Oak Bluffs Citizens of Orange Citizens of Orleans Citizens of Otis Citizens of Peabody Citizens of Pelham Citizens of Pepperell Citizens of Peru Citizens of Pittsfield Citizens of Plainfield Citizens of Plainville Citizens of Provincetown Citizens of Richmond Citizens of Rochester Citizens of Rockport Citizens of Rowe Citizens of Rowley Citizens of Royalston Citizens of Salem Citizens of Salisbury Citizens of Sandisfield Citizens of Savoy Citizens of Sharon Citizens of Sheffield Citizens of Shelburne Citizens of Sherborn Citizens of Shirley Citizens of Shutesbury Citizens of Somerville Citizens of Southborough Citizens of South Hadley |
Citizens of Stockbridge Citizens of Stow Citizens of Sudbury Citizens of Sunderland Citizens of Swampscott Citizens of Tisbury Citizens of Topsfield Citizens of Townsend Citizens of Truro Citizens of Tyringham Citizens of Waltham Citizens of Warwick Citizens of Washington Citizens of Watertown Citizens of Wayland Citizens of Wellfleet Citizens of Wendell Citizens of Wenham Citizens of West Bridgewater Citizens of West Newbury Citizens of West Stockbridge Citizens of West Tisbury Citizens of Westborough Citizens of Westhampton Citizens of Weston Citizens of Whately Citizens of Williamsburg Citizens of Williamstown Citizens of Windsor Citizens of Worthington Citizens of Wrentham Citizens of Yarmouth |
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On November 6, 2018, the citizens of Massachusetts followed by voting 71% to 29% in favor of creating a citizens commission to consider and recommend potential constitutional amendments, including the We the People Amendment (HJR 54). The Commission met for 18 months and We the People Massachusetts members gave regular testimony and invited expert speakers. A key conclusion of the Commission was to endorse the We the People Act, stating in August 2020: |
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Endorsing Organizations
More than 600 local, state, and national organizations have come forward to support the passage of the We the People Amendment (in Congress as House Joint Resolution 54). Below are the Massachusetts-based organizations that formally call on our federal representatives to pass the We the People Amendment, and our local and state representatives to enact resolutions and legislation to advance this effort.
If your organization, business, union, faith community, or local governmental organization would like to sign on as a supporter of this effort, click here to add your endorsement!
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Baker, Braverman, & Barbado, PC Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Democracy Amendment Coalition of Massachusetts-West Hands Across the River Coalition, Inc. - Greater New Bedford, Massachusetts No Money Congress North Shore Labor Council, AFL-CIO Occupy Berkshires Occupy Falmouth Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy Psychologists for Social Responsibility |
Shays 2: Western Massachusetts Committee on Corporations & Democracy Social Action Committee, First Religious Society Unitarian-Universalists of Newburyport The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 FM) Unitarian Universalist Association Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth - Social Action Committee Unitarian Universalist Parish of Monson - Social Action Committee Unitarian Universalist Service Committee United to Save Our Democracy Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Worcester Democratic Club |
*Bold = Founding Organization
Massachusetts' Congressional Delegation
U.S. SENATE
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Senator: Cosponsor: NO DC Office: |
Senator: Cosponsor: NO DC Office: |
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Cosponsor: NO DC Office: |
Cosponsor: YES (117th, 118th) DC Office: |
3rd District:
Cosponsor: YES (117th, 118th) DC Office: |
4th District:
Cosponsor: NO DC Office: |
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5th District:
Cosponsor: NO (YES in 116th) DC Office: |
6th District:
Cosponsor: YES (117th, 118th,119th) DC Office: |
7th District:
Cosponsor: YES (117th, 118th,119th) DC Office: |
8th District:
Cosponsor: YES (117th, 118th, 119th) DC Office: |
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9th District:
Cosponsor: YES (117th, 118th, 119th) DC Office: |
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