Bonifaz for Massachusetts Secretary of State website adds interactive blog

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The Bonifaz campaign website has been revamped, placing an interactive blog prominently on the home page. Please take a moment to post a greeting/comment. If you don't know of John's work with NVRI, the Ohio challenge (still pending in Toledo federal court), and After Downing Street, please take some time to do so.

http://www.johnbonifaz.com/node/410#comment

New website launch

Submitted by John Bonifaz on Tue, 04/18/2006 - 10:00pm.

We are excited to launch today this new website for the campaign. As I continue to travel around our state, it is clear that there is a hunger for a new kind of politics, a politics that is open and transparent, that is independent of big money interests, that returns voters to power, and that requires pro-active leaders willing to stand up and fight for the basic principles of our democracy. With this new site, our blog is now interactive and we invite your comments, questions, and participation. I look forward to hearing from you and I hope to see you on the campaign trail!

http://www.johnbonifaz.com/welcomeletter

Welcome Letter

Welcome to the website of our campaign. I am running for Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2006. I hope you will join me in this campaign to make Massachusetts a model for free and fair elections for the nation.

As Secretary, I will press for a new bill of rights — a Voters' Bill of Rights. A new set of guarantees that will make our democracy in Massachusetts stronger and provide an example to the country. I will be a secretary of state who fights to uphold this nation’s promise of political equality for all.

I will press for greater corporate accountability. If a corporation is principally based in Massachusetts, it ought to be accountable to the workers and people of our Commonwealth. The Secretary of the Commonwealth has important oversight responsibilities with respect to Massachusetts corporations, and, as Secretary, I will fight for your interests.

I will work to make our government more accessible for all of us — for small businesses seeking to register and operate in our state, for citizens seeking access to public records, for communities feeling shut out of the political process. I will be an advocate who stands up and fights for openness and transparency in our government.

This will be a grassroots, outsider campaign. It will not be dominated by big money interests and wealthy contributors. It will be a campaign for all of us — for our hopes, our dreams, our vision for democracy.

I hope you will show your support today. Join me in this movement to make democracy real for all of us.



"John has been at the forefront in the ongoing struggle for our democracy here at home. I can think of no better candidate for Secretary of State than John Bonifaz. He will make Massachusetts and the country proud."
- Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.

"John Bonifaz has been a remarkable asset to me and to the nationwide movement to hold the Bush Administration accountable for its abuses of power. Massachusetts deserves a strong, proven leader like John Bonifaz. Our country needs to elect more principled progressive candidates like John Bonifaz."
- Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

"John's extraordinary leadership resulted in his being awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and we are excited to have chosen John as one of only 15 candidates in the country we will be endorsing and working to elect this year. As Massachusetts Secretary of State, John will inspire elected leaders across the country to make it easier for voters to participate in our democracy, count every vote cast in all elections, and reduce the influence of special interest money in government."
- Kelly Young, Executive Director, 21st Century Democrats

"I'm supporting John Bonifaz because at a time when our elections are becoming increasingly marred by vote count disputes, it is crucial to have someone as uniquely qualified as John in a position to ensure the integrity of the democratic process."
- Joe Trippi