Jill Stein is a physician and health advocate who is nationally known for her work to protect children from toxic exposures.

Jill’s involvement in politics grew out of her attempts to keep needed health-protection from being blocked by powerful corporate lobbying forces on Beacon Hill. She became involved in the movement for Clean Elections and other democracy reforms which she understood as essential for improving health and the environment. This led her to run for political office for the first time as the 2002 candidate for Governor of Massachusetts under the Green Party label.

Jill’s candidacy was praised by the Newton Tab as “the bolder, brighter and better choice.” According to the Needham Times, “Based on her past public policy experience…Stein possesses the ability to work with the state legislature and the bureaucrats to galvanize a new era of policy activism and to inspire a new group of voters.” Joan Venocchi of the Boston Globe described Jill’s debate performance: “In the midst of the madness, the candidate who spoke the most clearly was Green Party candidate Jill Stein.”

Now Jill is running for Secretary of State — the office that oversees critical foundations of Massachusetts democracy – elections, lobbying, public information, corporate charters and more. She is running as the
Green-Rainbow Party candidate to ensure that the authority of the Secretary’s office serves as an independent watchdog over the crucial matters before the Commonwealth.

Jill believes that — with your help — we can open up Beacon Hill, get the big money out, and let the people back in. We can:
• End the culture of secrecy by applying the open meeting law to the Legislature – removing the exemption they bestowed upon themselves.
• Restore public financing for qualified candidates, so we can elect candidates that don’t owe favors to big money campaign donors.
• Fight influence-peddling by shining daylight on lobbying.
• Allow voters more choices through an “instant runoff” voting system that allows voters to rank candidates, ensuring that no one’s vote will be thrown away.
• Keep electronic voting machines out of the Commonwealth unless they have been redesigned and proven reliable, cost effective, verifiable and tamper proof.

So let’s get down to business and restore the promise of a Commonwealth of, by, and for the people.

written by: Eli Beckerman