STATE HOUSE — Election reform advocates are finding mixed levels of preparedness for the state's first experiment with early voting, which begins in 81 days.
According to survey results released Thursday by the Massachusetts Election Modernization Commission, 138 cities and towns — nearly 40 percent of the state's municipalities — are in the final stages of planning for their implementation of early voting while 13 percent, or 49 communities, had not yet started planning. Another 126 communities have begun the planning process.
STATE HOUSE — Having been denied the legislative authority to move products online, the head of the Massachusetts Lottery said the agency will continue to make its case to lawmakers and seek approval to offer its products on the internet.
The economic development legislation sent to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk late Sunday dropped a Senate-approved provision that would have allowed the Lottery to expand into cyberspace.
