Evan Horowitz, Executive Director of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, joined the League of Women Voters of Concord-Carlisle to discuss the five ballot questions that will appear on Massachusetts's November 5 general election ballot. He and his team published the Voters’ Guide to the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions, a non-partisan research report, and he guided the audience through a lively exploration of the pros and cons of each ballot question. The discussion was moderated by Diane Proctor, LWVCC Board member. Thank you, Evan, for joining us!
Please note that LWVCC and LWVMA are not taking any positions on the Massachusetts ballot questions.
About the Voters’ Guide to the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions:
The Voters’ Guide is published by the Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA) at Tufts University. It aims to help voters understand policy issues in Massachusetts, and provides non-partisan research on all state ballot questions. The Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA) provides rigorous, timely, non-partisan research on live policy issues in Massachusetts. It is housed within the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts Universty.
The November Ballot Questions:
- State Auditor’s authority to audit the legislature
- Elimination of MCAS as a high school graduation requirement
- Unionization for transportation network drivers
- Limited legalization and regulation of certain natural psychedelic substances
- Minimum wage for tipped workers.
Read the Voters’ Guide to the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions.
About Evan Horowitz:
Evan Horowitz is the Executive Director of the Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA) at Tufts University. Evan has led cSPA since its launch in early 2020.
He had been the "Quick Study" columnist for the Boston Globe, using data to tell stories about policy issues affecting Massachusetts and the nation as a whole. He also contributed data-heavy stories for FiveThirtyEight, NBC's Think, and the Washington Post, and briefly served as fill-in host for WBUR's Radio Boston.
Evan has worked at several Massachusetts think tanks, one focused on equitable economic outcomes and another dedicated to improving long-term thinking in capital markets.
In the bygone past, Evan was a professor of English Literature, with stints at Stanford, Harvard, Brandeis, Princeton, and the University of North Texas. He also attended the Cordon Bleu, where he learned a set of French cooking techniques that he now uses to keep his family happy at dinnertime.
The First Friday Series is a monthly informative, interactive forum on topics critical to the Town of Concord. The series is co-sponsored by the LWVCC Town Government Committee & the Concord Free Public Library.
