Question 3 debate highlights disagreements over fixing the lack of competition in Mass. elections

Question 3 debate highlights disagreements over fixing the lack of competition in Mass. elections

Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor who founded the group advancing Question 3, and Jordan Berg Powers, chair of Voting Rights MA, which is opposing the ballot initiative, faced off in a debate about all-party primaries, which is shaping up to be perhaps the most controversial of the nine ballot questions that will appear before Massachusetts voters in November.

Will Question 3 bring more competition to Mass. elections, or less?

The state has arguably the least competitive elections in the nation. Harvard's Danielle Allen, who got the initiative on the ballot, faced off with Jordan Berg Powers, who leads a group opposed to it.

Question 3 Debate Highlights Disagreements Over Fixing Lack of Competition in Mass. Elections

by Hallie Claflin, CommonWealth Beacon October 13, 2026 PERHAPS THE MOST controversial of the nine ballot questions that will appear before Massachusetts voters in November is Question 3, which would replace partisan primaries with all-party primaries for most state, federal, county, and district offices, allowing the two candidates receiving the most votes to advance to […] The post Question 3 Debate Highlights Disagreements Over Fixing Lack of…