Mailer Inviting Citizens to Participate in CIR Sent to 10,000 Voters Today

As the mailing makes it way across the state from the Postal Service's bulk processing center in Springfield over the next few days, 10,000 randomly selected Massachusetts voters will receive a letter inviting them to participate as citizen panelists in the Citizens' Initiative Review deliberations. Voters who are interested in participating will fill out a short demographic questionnaire included with the letter and return it to the project team by June 30th. Of those voters who respond affirmatively--we expect a yield rate of about 5 percent or 500 voters--the project team will use an objective, scientific method to select the 20 voters who will comprise the citizen panel to ensure that they are representative of the state's electorate. The 20 voters chosen to serve on the citizen panel will be notified July 12th.