Independent-Jim Henderson

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence in Candidates for Secretary of the Commonwealth

Jim Henderson grew up in Wayland, MA and attended Princeton University, graduating with a degree in Economics in 1987. As an undergraduate, he worked as a technical advisor for Apple Computer. He went on to the University of Michigan Law School and worked as a corporate law associate at the Connecticut firm Cummings & Lockwood, also doing work for the Stamford office of Connecticut Legal Services. In 1994, Henderson moved to the Boston firm Jager Smith, where he spent 11 years and became partner. He earned an LLM degree in taxation law from Boston University in 2001 and started his own practice in 2006. He spends his spare time serving on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, enjoying Boston sports, and raising his two children with his wife, Morgan.

Platform:

Public Information- Henderson proposes to increase public access to information by streamlining state websites and search databases and boosting the presence of the office of the Secretary in communities across the Commonwealth through satellite offices and “substations.”

Electoral Process- Henderson would like to make voting a more accessible process, to improve ballot machine technology, to limit corporate influence in elections, and to make it easier for individuals to run for office, thus promoting a truly representative government.

Website: http://www.jimforsoc.com/2010/