Democracy

Office of Rep. Vargas

Jul 16, 20193 min read

MA Should Be Next to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting

During the summer of 2002, Senator John McCain delivered a recorded phone message to the citizens of Alaska

Office of Rep. Vargas

Dec 15, 20185 min read

Keynote Address at Generation Citizen Civics Day 2018

Clip of keynote and prepared remarks in text Good afternoon! Thank you all so very much for this thoughtful award. More importantly,...

Office of Rep. Vargas

Nov 9, 20181 min read

Civics Education Signed Into Law After Years of Advocacy

Rep. Vargas has been working on civics since he was 16. Rep. Vargas reflected on the passage of the bill in a Facebook Post: Today—...

Office of Rep. Vargas

Feb 1, 20182 min read

It’s 2018 — Let’s make Automatic Voter Registration a Reality in Massachusetts

At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, an exhausted Benjamin Franklin walked out of Independence Hall after the last day...