{"id":233,"date":"2022-07-11T11:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/supreme-judicial-court-reaches-decision-in-lyons-v-secretary-of-state\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:26:47","slug":"supreme-judicial-court-reaches-decision-in-lyons-v-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/la-corte-suprema-de-justicia-toma-una-decision-en-el-caso-lyons-contra-el-secretario-de-estado\/","title":{"rendered":"La Corte Suprema de Justicia toma una decisi\u00f3n en el caso Lyons contra el Secretario de Estado"},"template":"","class_list":["post-233","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The decision denies the plaintiffs' request to block the Secretary from putting the VOTES act into effect. A full opinion explaining the court's reasoning will follow.\u00a0","featured_image":6934,"press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7814}"],"related_issues":[97,99,100,107,108,109,462],"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":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>La Ley VOTES entrar\u00e1 en vigor para las primarias de septiembre<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoy, el Tribunal Supremo Judicial de Massachusetts anunci\u00f3 una <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-appellatecourts.org\/docket\/SJC-13307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decisi\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lyons contra el Secretario de la Commonwealth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, una demanda interpuesta por el Partido Republicano de Massachusetts para intentar bloquear la recientemente aprobada Ley VOTES. La decisi\u00f3n deniega la solicitud de los demandantes de impedir que el Secretario la ponga en vigor. Pr\u00f3ximamente se publicar\u00e1 una opini\u00f3n completa que explica el razonamiento del tribunal.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLa decisi\u00f3n de hoy de la Corte Suprema Judicial de Massachusetts significa que los votantes podr\u00e1n confiar en las disposiciones de la Ley VOTES en las pr\u00f3ximas elecciones. Esta es una gran victoria para los derechos de voto en Massachusetts\u201d, dijo <\/span><b>Geoff Foster, director ejecutivo de Common Cause Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTodo el tiempo estuvimos convencidos de que este intento de bloquear la Ley VOTES carec\u00eda de fundamento. Estamos entusiasmados por la implementaci\u00f3n total de la Ley VOTES para lograr el resultado previsto: una democracia m\u00e1s accesible, equitativa y m\u00e1s fuerte en Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Ley VOTES realiza varios cambios permanentes en las leyes electorales de Massachusetts, entre ellos, permitir a los votantes votar por correo sin excusa; ampliar las opciones de votaci\u00f3n anticipada; garantizar que los votantes elegibles que est\u00e1n encarcelados puedan solicitar una boleta por correo y votar; garantizar que la Commonwealth se una a los 30 estados <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ericstates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centro de Informaci\u00f3n de Registro Electr\u00f3nico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ERIC) para mantener actualizados los padrones electorales; y m\u00e1s. El proyecto de ley tambi\u00e9n reduce el plazo de inscripci\u00f3n de votantes antes de una elecci\u00f3n de veinte d\u00edas a diez.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Massachusetts present\u00f3 un escrito amicus curiae ante la Corte Suprema Judicial de Massachusetts en apoyo de la constitucionalidad de la Ley VOTES, que se puede ver en su totalidad. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-appellatecourts.org\/pdf\/SJC-13307\/SJC-13307_08_Amicus_Common_Cause_Massachusetts_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Judicial Court Reaches Decision in Lyons v Secretary of State - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press-releases\/supreme-judicial-court-reaches-decision-in-lyons-v-secretary-of-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Judicial Court Reaches Decision in Lyons v Secretary of State\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/la-corte-suprema-de-justicia-toma-una-decision-en-el-caso-lyons-contra-el-secretario-de-estado\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VOTES-Act.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/supreme-judicial-court-reaches-decision-in-lyons-v-secretary-of-state\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/supreme-judicial-court-reaches-decision-in-lyons-v-secretary-of-state\/\",\"name\":\"Supreme Judicial Court Reaches Decision in Lyons v Secretary of State - 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