State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is halfway there on her year-plus fight to force the notoriously transparency-averse Massachusetts Legislature to open its books. But a final win? To borrow a phrase, the Methuen pol will be living on a prayer. Or at least the will of the voters.
Earlier this week, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin gave the green light to a fall ballot question that could give DiZoglio, a one-time state lawmaker, the right to audit her former colleagues. According to Galvin’s office, DiZoglio nabbed 21,551 signatures to get onto the November ballot. That’s well above the minimum threshold of 12,429 certified voter signatures needed in the second round of signature-gathering.
She’d already cleared an earlier threshold of 74,574 certified signatures. “We are on the ballot!!! Today, we turned in the additional 13k signatures needed. THANK YOU! This is the time to let that sunshine in,” DiZoglio posted to X on June 18 , accompanied by a video of her wheeling a hand truck loaded down with boxes of petitions into Galvin’s office.
DiZoglio, a Democrat, has long cast her effort to audit the Legislature as one of fundamental accountability for state government. “This is a nonpartisan issue, it impacts all families in Massachusetts, regardless of bank balance or political background,” she told MassLive last fall . “.
.. It’s about us as the people of Massachusetts, regardless of where we stand, about getting information.
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