The A B C's of Ballot Questions 1,2,3: An Arlington Democratic Town Committee Forum
Channel: Massachusetts Progressive Forum
Date: 2018-10-11

The A B C’s of Ballot Questions 1, 2, 3: An Arlington Democratic Town Committee Forum.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 at Robbins Library, Arlington, MA

Question 1 would limit how many patients could be assigned to each registered nurse in Massachusetts hospitals and certain other health care facilities. Speaking in favor:  Donna Kelly Williams,  President, Massachusetts Nurses Association. Speaking against: Amanda Oberlies, CEO, Organization of Nurse Leaders.

Question 2 would create a citizen’s commission to consider and recommend potential amendments to the United States Constitution to establish that corporations do not have the same Constitutional rights as human beings and that campaign contributions and expenditures may be regulated. Speaking in favor: Johannes Epke, Counsel, American Promise.

Question 3 would keep in place the current law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in places of public accommodation.  A NO VOTE would repeal this provision of the public accommodation law. Speaking in favor: Grace Anne Stevens, Author and Trans Activist.

Forum Co-Sponsors include: Lexington Democratic Town Committee, Our Revolution Arlington, Arlington Progressive, Silvia Dominguez, Lead organizer for Justice Democrats in Boston, Moving Forward Arlington, Minuteman Indivisible, Arlington Resistance, Progressive MA Arlington, Lex Pride, Indivisible MA 5, Indivisible Mystic Valley, Rebel Ruction. 

Arlington Democratic Town Committee: ArlingtonDems.org