{"id":244,"date":"2023-06-21T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/voting-rights-advocates-testify-in-support-of-common-sense-voting-and-redistricting-reforms\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:17:32","slug":"voting-rights-advocates-testify-in-support-of-common-sense-voting-and-redistricting-reforms","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/los-defensores-del-derecho-al-voto-testifican-a-favor-de-reformas-de-sentido-comun-en-la-votacion-y-la-redistribucion-de-distritos\/","title":{"rendered":"Los defensores del derecho al voto testifican a favor de reformas de sentido com\u00fan en materia de votaci\u00f3n y redistribuci\u00f3n de distritos"},"template":"","class_list":["post-244","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Ranked choice voting, lowering the voting age, and redistricting reforms up for debate","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7814}"],"related_issues":[62,100,109,462],"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":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la audiencia p\u00fablica de hoy del Comit\u00e9 Conjunto sobre Leyes Electorales, Common Cause Massachusetts testific\u00f3 a favor de proyectos de ley que reducir\u00edan la edad para votar en las elecciones municipales, implementar\u00edan la votaci\u00f3n por orden de preferencia y <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">permitir que la legislatura estatal trace las l\u00edneas de los distritos estatales y federales antes de que los municipios vuelvan a trazar las l\u00edneas de los distritos electorales.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Massachusetts ha apoyado durante mucho tiempo los esfuerzos legislativos para cambiar el proceso de redistribuci\u00f3n de distritos colocando la redistribuci\u00f3n de distritos municipales despu\u00e9s de que se hayan establecido los distritos federales y estatales.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPara garantizar la mejor representaci\u00f3n, es importante confiar en los mejores datos disponibles, y eso es mediante el uso de datos de bloques censales\u201d, dijo Geoff Foster, director ejecutivo de Common Cause Massachusetts, en su testimonio en apoyo de la H.708 del representante Mike Moran. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/H708\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un acto relativo a la re-prescripci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSi se exige a la legislatura que siga los l\u00edmites de los distritos electorales ya trazados por los funcionarios locales, es posible que no pueda trazar mapas que representen mejor a las comunidades de inter\u00e9s\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Massachusetts tambi\u00e9n apoya los esfuerzos para incluir a m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes en nuestra democracia. En apoyo a la legislaci\u00f3n que reducir\u00eda la edad para votar en los municipios a los 16 o 17 a\u00f1os, Foster testific\u00f3: \u201cLos beneficios de reducir la edad para votar en los municipios a los 16 o 17 a\u00f1os son muchos e incluyen aumentar la participaci\u00f3n electoral, especialmente en las elecciones locales que hist\u00f3ricamente son bajas, crear h\u00e1bitos c\u00edvicos para toda la vida y fortalecer nuestra democracia representativa\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muchos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/delaware\/resource\/memo-by-claire-snyder-hall-on-lowering-voting-age-to-16-for-school-board-elections\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estudios<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Se ha demostrado que los j\u00f3venes de 16 y 17 a\u00f1os obtienen puntuaciones iguales que los de 21 en cuestiones sobre conocimientos pol\u00edticos, tolerancia, eficacia pol\u00edtica, habilidades c\u00edvicas percibidas y servicio comunitario. Varias jurisdicciones de los Estados Unidos ya han reducido la edad para votar a 16 a\u00f1os para algunas o todas las elecciones, lo que ha producido un aumento de la participaci\u00f3n electoral sin consecuencias negativas perceptibles.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dev Chatterjee, gerente de programas y extensi\u00f3n de Common Cause Massachusetts, tambi\u00e9n testific\u00f3 a favor de las propuestas que permitir\u00edan a los municipios implementar la votaci\u00f3n por orden de preferencia en las elecciones locales.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLa votaci\u00f3n por orden de preferencia brinda a los votantes m\u00e1s libertad para elegir a los candidatos en funci\u00f3n de sus preferencias en lugar de su expectativa de ser elegidos\u201d, dijo Chatterjee. \u201cTambi\u00e9n alienta a los candidatos a hacer campa\u00f1a para audiencias m\u00e1s amplias, incluidas circunscripciones que de otra manera habr\u00edan descartado, porque necesitar\u00e1n persuadir a los votantes para que los incluyan como segunda o tercera opci\u00f3n\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En lugar de votar por un solo candidato, esta legislaci\u00f3n permitir\u00eda a los votantes de Massachusetts ordenar a los candidatos de la primera a la \u00faltima opci\u00f3n en la boleta en todas las elecciones primarias y especiales para cargos locales. Si los votantes a\u00fan quieren votar por un solo candidato, a\u00fan pueden hacerlo.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La votaci\u00f3n por orden de preferencia est\u00e1 ganando popularidad en todo el pa\u00eds. En 2023, las legislaturas de 14 estados han presentado proyectos de ley que implementar\u00edan la votaci\u00f3n por orden de preferencia. La ciudad de Nueva York celebr\u00f3 sus primeras elecciones en las que se utiliz\u00f3 la votaci\u00f3n por orden de preferencia en 2021.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hacer clic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/CCMA-23-Legis-Priorities.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AQU\u00cd<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> para ver la lista completa de prioridades legislativas de Common Cause Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La grabaci\u00f3n de la audiencia de hoy est\u00e1 disponible aqu\u00ed: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Events\/Hearings\/Detail\/4610\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Events\/Hearings\/Detail\/4610<\/span><\/a>"}}]},"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>Voting Rights Advocates Testify in Support of Common Sense Voting and Redistricting Reforms - 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