Friday, January 28, 2022

CommonWealth Magazine: "House stands firm against same-day voter registration"

"THE STATE’S MOSTLY  successful experiment with voting-by-mail during the COVID-19 pandemic would become a permanent option for voters in future elections, but House lawmakers on Thursday passed a major voting access bill that omitted voter registration rule changes sought by advocates and the Senate.

The House voted 124-34 to pass a new version of the VOTES Act that establishes rules for voting-by-mail in all future state and presidential elections and expands early in-person voting opportunities.

Those voting reforms were deployed during the pandemic to try to keep people safe from the virus, and led to record turnout in the 2020 elections, though MassGOP Chairman Jim Lyons on Thursday called it “an invitation for fraud” that would make it “easier to cheat.”

Assistant Majority Leader Michael Moran said that if signed into law the House version of the VOTES Act would put Massachusetts “head and shoulders above every other state” in terms of voting access. The Senate passed a similar bill in October, and the two branches must now negotiate a final bill."

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Find the House legislation language and votes here ->    https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4359

The Senate version can be found here -> https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2554

CommonWealth Magazine: "House stands firm against same-day voter registration"
CommonWealth Magazine: "House stands firm against same-day voter registration"


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