Odd bedfellows: Progressive critics join Democratic, Republican party bosses to oppose election reform ballot question

Odd bedfellows: Progressive critics join Democratic, Republican party bosses to oppose election reform ballot question

IT’S NOT OFTEN you find the state Democratic Party, whose members control Beacon Hill, the state Republican Party, which often agitates against the majority, progressives who love to criticize the status quo, and influential labor unions all in agreement about a specific policy. But that unusual confluence is exactly what’s happened as voters prepare to decide whether Massachusetts should reshape its system for electing candidates. Both major pa…