{"id":190,"date":"2020-07-17T19:33:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/secretary-of-the-commonwealth-begins-mailing-ballot-applications-in-response-to-lawsuit-filed-by-minority-voters-and-voting-rights-advocates\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T19:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T19:33:50","slug":"secretary-of-the-commonwealth-begins-mailing-ballot-applications-in-response-to-lawsuit-filed-by-minority-voters-and-voting-rights-advocates","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/fr\/press\/le-secretaire-du-commonwealth-commence-a-envoyer-les-demandes-de-vote-par-courrier-en-reponse-a-une-action-en-justice-deposee-par-des-electeurs-issus-de-minorites-et-des-defenseurs-du-droit-de-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Le secr\u00e9taire du Commonwealth commence \u00e0 envoyer des demandes de vote par courrier en r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 une action en justice d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par des \u00e9lecteurs issus de minorit\u00e9s et des d\u00e9fenseurs du droit de vote"},"template":"","class_list":["post-190","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Court Orders Update Next Wednesday\r\n\r\nFollowing an emergency petition filed in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by seven Black, Latinx, and Asian-American voters, Common Cause Massachusetts, and MassVOTE, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Galvin has started sending mail-in ballot applications to voters.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":null,"related_issues":[100,108,109,462],"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":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Mise \u00e0 jour des ordonnances judiciaires mercredi prochain<\/em><\/p>\r\nBOSTON, MA \u2014 Suite \u00e0 une p\u00e9tition d&#039;urgence d\u00e9pos\u00e9e aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame du Massachusetts (SJC) par sept \u00e9lecteurs noirs, latinos et asiatiques-am\u00e9ricains, Common Cause Massachusetts et MassVOTE, le secr\u00e9taire du Commonwealth du Massachusetts William Galvin a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 envoyer des demandes de vote par correspondance aux \u00e9lecteurs. L&#039;affaire, <em>Bertin c. Galvin<\/em>, a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par Lawyers for Civil Rights et Ropes &amp; Gray sur un <em>b\u00e9n\u00e9volement<\/em> Cette situation a entra\u00een\u00e9 une r\u00e9action imm\u00e9diate de l&#039;\u00c9tat. L&#039;envoi des courriers a commenc\u00e9 avant l&#039;audience d&#039;urgence qui se tenait aujourd&#039;hui devant la Cour supr\u00eame judiciaire (SJC), au cours de laquelle le juge Frank M. Gaziano a ordonn\u00e9 au secr\u00e9taire Galvin de d\u00e9poser un rapport d&#039;\u00e9tape d&#039;ici mercredi prochain, d\u00e9taillant les mesures prises pour finaliser l&#039;envoi. Le 7 juillet, le secr\u00e9taire Galvin a annonc\u00e9 qu&#039;il n&#039;enverrait pas les formulaires de demande de vote par correspondance aux \u00e9lecteurs, comme l&#039;exigeait la nouvelle loi \u00e9lectorale d&#039;urgence de l&#039;\u00c9tat. Il a affirm\u00e9 ne pas disposer des fonds n\u00e9cessaires pour couvrir cet envoi. Des \u00e9lecteurs issus des minorit\u00e9s, Common Cause Massachusetts et MassVOTE ont contest\u00e9 cette affirmation, soulignant que le bureau de Galvin avait re\u00e7u plus de 104 000 millions de dollars de financement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral au titre de la loi CARES, et ont fait valoir que le respect de la nouvelle loi de l&#039;\u00c9tat \u00e9tait de toute fa\u00e7on obligatoire. Face \u00e0 cette proc\u00e9dure judiciaire et \u00e0 une d\u00e9claration de la Commission f\u00e9d\u00e9rale d&#039;assistance \u00e9lectorale r\u00e9affirmant que les fonds de la loi CARES sont suffisants, le secr\u00e9taire Galvin a refus\u00e9 de se conformer \u00e0 la nouvelle loi de l&#039;\u00c9tat. <u>peut<\/u> \u00eatre utilis\u00e9 pour envoyer des demandes de vote par courrier, le secr\u00e9taire Galvin a chang\u00e9 de cap sur ses revendications concernant le financement et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/07\/16\/metro\/millions-applications-mail-in-ballots-are-mail-legal-battle-continues-before-states-high-court\/\">a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 envoyer 4,5 millions de candidatures<\/a>\u00ab Nous sommes heureux que notre action en justice ait permis d&#039;obtenir des r\u00e9sultats et que les habitants du Massachusetts re\u00e7oivent bient\u00f4t leur formulaire de demande de vote par correspondance \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 <strong>Pam Wilmot, directrice ex\u00e9cutive de Common Cause Massachusetts.<\/strong> \u00ab Mais le rejet initial de la loi par le Secr\u00e9taire est profond\u00e9ment pr\u00e9occupant. Nous suivrons de pr\u00e8s la situation afin de garantir que les autres exigences de la loi soient mises en \u0153uvre sans d\u00e9lai et qu&#039;aucun habitant du Massachusetts n&#039;ait \u00e0 choisir entre prot\u00e9ger sa sant\u00e9 et participer \u00e0 notre d\u00e9mocratie. \u00bb \u00ab Il est regrettable qu&#039;il ait fallu une action en justice pour contraindre le Secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 remplir cette obligation l\u00e9gale essentielle, mais nous sommes satisfaits que notre action ait permis d&#039;obtenir gain de cause \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 <strong>Oren Sellstrom, directeur des litiges chez Lawyers for Civil Rights<\/strong>\u00ab Le dossier restera ouvert jusqu&#039;\u00e0 ce que le Secr\u00e9taire ait exp\u00e9di\u00e9 toutes les demandes de vote par correspondance, afin de garantir que les \u00e9lecteurs du Commonwealth, en particulier ceux issus des minorit\u00e9s et des communaut\u00e9s \u00e0 faibles revenus, ne soient pas priv\u00e9s de leur droit de vote. \u00bb Sellstrom a soulign\u00e9 que parmi les demandes qui n&#039;ont pas encore \u00e9t\u00e9 envoy\u00e9es figurent des formulaires bilingues et trilingues utilis\u00e9s dans 12 municipalit\u00e9s. \u00ab Le fait que le Secr\u00e9taire du Commonwealth ait pris des mesures pour lancer l&#039;envoi est une bonne nouvelle \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9. <strong>Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de MassVOTE<\/strong>\u00ab Soyons clairs : alors que nos responsables \u00e9lectoraux locaux s&#039;efforcent d\u00e9j\u00e0 de se pr\u00e9parer \u00e0 une forte augmentation du vote par correspondance, tout retard risque de compliquer leur t\u00e2che, car de nombreux \u00e9lecteurs n&#039;auront d&#039;autre choix que de demander un bulletin de vote par correspondance et de le renvoyer \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re minute. Dans d&#039;autres \u00c9tats ayant organis\u00e9 des primaires pendant la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19, des centaines de milliers de bulletins n&#039;ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 comptabilis\u00e9s pour cette raison pr\u00e9cise. Le Massachusetts peut et doit faire mieux. \u00bb Sans formulaire de demande de vote par correspondance, les requ\u00e9rants dans cette affaire \u2013 dont la plupart souffrent de graves probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 sous-jacents et ont un acc\u00e8s limit\u00e9 \u00e0 un ordinateur ou une imprimante \u00e0 domicile \u2013 auraient des difficult\u00e9s \u00e0 demander un bulletin de vote et \u00e0 exercer leur droit de vote sans risquer une infection, une maladie et m\u00eame la mort li\u00e9es \u00e0 la COVID-19. La requ\u00eate, d\u00e9pos\u00e9e directement aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame judiciaire (SJC), sollicitait une mesure d&#039;urgence sous forme de mandamus ordonnant au secr\u00e9taire Galvin de se conformer \u00e0 la nouvelle loi \u00e9lectorale d&#039;urgence de l&#039;\u00c9tat et d&#039;envoyer les formulaires de demande de vote par correspondance dans les d\u00e9lais impartis."}}]},"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>Secretary of the Commonwealth Begins Mailing Ballot Applications In Response to Lawsuit Filed By Minority Voters and Voting Rights Advocates - 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\/fr\/press-releases\/secretary-of-the-commonwealth-begins-mailing-ballot-applications-in-response-to-lawsuit-filed-by-minority-voters-and-voting-rights-advocates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Secretary of the Commonwealth Begins Mailing Ballot Applications In Response to Lawsuit Filed By Minority Voters and Voting Rights Advocates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/fr\/press\/le-secretaire-du-commonwealth-commence-a-envoyer-les-demandes-de-vote-par-courrier-en-reponse-a-une-action-en-justice-deposee-par-des-electeurs-issus-de-minorites-et-des-defenseurs-du-droit-de-vote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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\/secretary-of-the-commonwealth-begins-mailing-ballot-applications-in-response-to-lawsuit-filed-by-minority-voters-and-voting-rights-advocates\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/secretary-of-the-commonwealth-begins-mailing-ballot-applications-in-response-to-lawsuit-filed-by-minority-voters-and-voting-rights-advocates\/\",\"name\":\"Secretary of the Commonwealth Begins Mailing Ballot Applications In Response to Lawsuit Filed By Minority Voters and Voting Rights Advocates - 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