قانون التصويت

كان قانون تعزيز فرص التصويت والثقة والمساواة والأمن، أو قانون الأصوات، أكبر توسع في فرص التصويت في كومنولث ماساتشوستس منذ سنوات.

In 2022, Governor Baker signed قانون الاصوات into law, expanding access to the ballot in Massachusetts.

The bill, An Act Fostering Voting Opportunities, Trust, Equity, and Security or the VOTES Act, was the largest expansion of voting access in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in years.

The VOTES Act made several permanent changes to Massachusetts’ election laws, including: allowing voters to vote by mail without an excuse; expanding early voting options; making sure that eligible voters who are incarcerated are able to request a mail ballot and vote; ensuring that the Commonwealth joins the مركز معلومات التسجيل الإلكتروني (ERIC) to keep voter registration rolls up-to-date; and more. The new law also reduced the voter registration deadline prior to an election from twenty days to ten.

The VOTES Act, sponsored by state Representative John Lawn and Senator Cindy Creem, won strong support from the Massachusetts Election Modernization Coalition, a coalition of advocacy organizations working to modernize the Commonwealth’s election laws.

The VOTES Act built more equitable, accessible, and secure elections in Massachusetts.

Our democracy works best when everyone can make their voice heard, and hold government accountable. The VOTES Act included:

  • Mail-in voting
  • Expanded early voting options
  • Jail-based voting reforms
  • Corrected Automatic Voter Registration
  • A deadline to implement the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)

Together, these reforms improved equity and access to the ballot for all eligible voters, strengthened our elections infrastructure, and built more secure elections.

 

 

Endorsements

The VOTES Act received broad support by statewide and local organizations, labor unions, businesses, faith-based groups and more. See the full list:

ACLU MA
Action for Equity
Amalgamated Bank
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) New England
American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
American Promise
Amplify Latinx
انهض من أجل العدالة الاجتماعية
Black Boston COVID19 Coalition
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA)
Black Economic Justice Institute
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.
Boston Ten Point Coalition
Boston Ujima Project
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association
College Bound Dorchester
قضية مشتركة ماساتشوستس
City Life / Vida Urbana
City Mission, Inc.
Coalition for a Better Acre
Coalition for Social Justice
Codman Square NDC
College Bound Dorchester
حملات العمل المجتمعي
Conservation Law Foundation
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
لجنة بلدة إيدغارتاون الديمقراطية
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Equal Citizens Forward MA
Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution
Freedom House
Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association
Generation Citizen
Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center Inc.
Greater Boston Section-National Council of Negro Women
GSM Labor Council
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, Inc. (IAC)
مارثا فينيارد غير قابلة للتجزئة
Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition
Indivisible Outer Cape
iVOTE
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
Jetpac Resource Center
التحالف اليهودي للقانون والعمل الاجتماعي (JALSA)
La Colaborativa
La Comunidad, Inc.
Lawrence Partnership
محامون من أجل الحقوق المدنية
ارفع كل صوت
League of Women Voters MA
Lowell Votes
Madison Park Development Corporation
MAPS-Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants
Mass Equality
القداس الآن
Mass. Assoc. of Community Development Corporations
Massachusetts Against Solitary Confinement
Massachusetts Communities Action Network
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
حركة السلام في ماساتشوستس
Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition
MASSCreative
MASSPIRG
MASSPIRG Students
التصويت الجماعي
جدول الناخبين في ماساتشوستس
Microsoft
MITvote
More Than Words
NAACP-Boston Branch
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts
Next Leadership Development Corporation
Nonprofit Vote
Planned Parenthood MA
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts
ماساتشوستس التقدمية
Progressives for Democracy in America
Project R.I.G.H.T.
Providers’ Council- CareVote
شبكة التعليم العالي العام في ماساتشوستس
Quincy Geneva New Vision CDC
Racial Justice Rising
استعادة ديمقراطيتنا
Roca Inc.
Rosie’s Place
Salesforce
SEIU 1199
Shana Bryant Consulting Services
Small Planet Institute
Sunrise Boston
The Boston Foundation
The Good Governance Project – BC Law
The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
مشروع التكلفة الحقيقية للسجون
The Women’s Pipeline for Change
Transformative Culture Project
اتحاد الأحياء الأقلية
Unitarian Universalist Mass Action
UTEC Inc.
VOTE New Bedford
Voter Choice Massachusetts
ورسستر بين الأديان
Yes – Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Young Democrats of Massachusetts
YWCA Malden
YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts

 

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