~ Letter-to-the-Editor ~ Danielle Allen, Democratic candidate for State Committeewoman for Middlesex and Suffolk

Dear Editor,

The time for mail-in-voting is here! It is hard to believe that it’s election season again, but the March 5 primary season is here. Mail-in-ballots can be returned now.

In addition to making sure you return a ballot to support President Biden, please pay attention also to the Democratic State Committee race for Middlesex and Suffolk. My name is Danielle Allen, and I am proud to be a candidate for Democratic State Committeewoman for this district.

The Democratic State Committee works to engage voters with our democratic process. The State Committee sets the rules for how the party operates and supports local town and ward committees, as they seek to engage voters all over the Commonwealth in our democracy.

As a 2021-22 gubernatorial candidate, I came to understand and appreciate the importance and power of the grass-roots structure of the Democratic party. All of our town and ward committees are like our civic school houses. They are where people learn how to support candidates, and to be candidates. They are where we have the chance to lift our voices and shape the party’s agenda.

As the Democratic State Committeewoman for Middlesex and Suffolk, I would work to make sure that all our ward committees are up and running again, and that we are well represented at the State Convention. I would also work to help the party set up a MassDems Commission on Healthy Democracy to advance the values of inclusion, engagement, and healthy competition.

An East Cambridge resident, I am an internationally recognized expert on democracy

and former gubernatorial candidate. I am honored to serve on the boards of the Cambridge

Health Alliance and Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. I come from people who have loved and fought for democracy for generations. You can learn more about me on my website: https://allenforma.com/

I’m proud to have the endorsements of Chair Decker, Rep. Connolly, former State Treasurer Steve Grossman, Cambridge City Councillor and former Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, Governor’s Council candidate Mara Dolan, State Committeewoman Linda Pinti, and many others.

I ask for your vote for Democratic State Committeewoman to advance this work.

Whether you vote by mail, vote early, or vote on Tuesday March 5th, please vote for Danielle

Allen.

Signed,

Danielle Allen

Candidate