{"id":174,"date":"2020-03-19T13:09:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/elections-advocates-call-for-protecting-public-health-and-the-integrity-of-elections-in-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2020-03-19T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:09:45","slug":"elections-advocates-call-for-protecting-public-health-and-the-integrity-of-elections-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/los-defensores-de-las-elecciones-piden-proteger-la-salud-publica-y-la-integridad-de-las-elecciones-en-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Los defensores de las elecciones piden proteger la salud p\u00fablica y la integridad de las elecciones en Massachusetts"},"template":"","class_list":["post-174","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The Election Modernization Coalition urges officials in Massachusetts to act quickly to adopt reforms that will protect the right to vote in the midst of a crisis of indeterminate duration where public health officials recommend that people remain in their homes as much as possible, practice social distancing, and limit gatherings to less than 10 people.\u00a0","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":[null,null],"related_issues":[109,462],"related_work":false,"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"El brote del nuevo coronavirus de 2019, conocido como COVID-19, plantea amenazas inmediatas y graves no solo para la salud p\u00fablica, sino tambi\u00e9n para la integridad de las elecciones y las instituciones democr\u00e1ticas en la Mancomunidad de Massachusetts. La Coalici\u00f3n para la Modernizaci\u00f3n Electoral insta a los funcionarios de Massachusetts a actuar con rapidez para adoptar reformas que protejan el derecho al voto en medio de una crisis de duraci\u00f3n indeterminada, en la que las autoridades de salud p\u00fablica recomiendan que las personas permanezcan en sus hogares tanto como sea posible, practiquen el distanciamiento social y limiten las reuniones a menos de 10 personas. Tanto para la integridad de nuestras elecciones como para proteger la salud p\u00fablica, es imperativo que todos los votantes elegibles puedan emitir su voto desde la seguridad de su propio hogar. El actual programa de voto en ausencia de Massachusetts limita esa posibilidad. Ampliar el voto en ausencia requerir\u00e1 cambios en el procedimiento y la ley actuales, as\u00ed como fondos adicionales, algunos de los cuales podr\u00edan provenir del gobierno federal. Adem\u00e1s, para quienes prefieren votar en persona, la Mancomunidad necesita implementar opciones de votaci\u00f3n que favorezcan el distanciamiento social, como plazos m\u00e1s largos para la votaci\u00f3n anticipada y procedimientos que limiten el contacto entre los votantes y los trabajadores electorales, muchos de los cuales tradicionalmente han sido personas mayores y con riesgo de infecci\u00f3n. La Mancomunidad tambi\u00e9n deber\u00eda considerar la votaci\u00f3n desde el autom\u00f3vil. El coronavirus tambi\u00e9n podr\u00eda afectar la capacidad de los residentes para mantener sus registros de votantes actualizados. Por lo tanto, renovamos nuestro llamado al registro el d\u00eda de las elecciones, para que ning\u00fan votante elegible que desee emitir su voto se vea privado de ese derecho. La reforma ya se ha adoptado en otros 21 estados y funciona como medida de seguridad cuando otros sistemas de registro no est\u00e1n disponibles o no funcionan de manera \u00f3ptima. La coalici\u00f3n est\u00e1 preparando un paquete legislativo en respuesta a la COVID-19 que se publicar\u00e1 la pr\u00f3xima semana.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contactos adicionales:<\/strong>\r\nGavi Wolf, Directora Legislativa, ACLU de Massachusetts, (617) 482-3170 x340 (c) (617) 694-9177 Janet Domenitz, Directora Ejecutiva, MASSPIRG (617) 292-4800 Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, Directora Ejecutiva, MassVOTE (617) 542-8683 x211 Beth Huang, Directora Ejecutiva, Mass Voter Table (414) 378-5889 Jonathan Cohn, Presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Asuntos, Progressive Massachusetts (215) 630-2633 Patricia Comfort, Directora Ejecutiva, League of Women Voters (857) 452-1712\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\r\n<em>La Coalici\u00f3n de Modernizaci\u00f3n Electoral est\u00e1 compuesta por la ACLU de Massachusetts, Common Cause Massachusetts, la Liga de Mujeres Votantes de Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, MassVOTE, Massachusetts Voter Table y Progressive Massachusetts.<\/em>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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