{"id":161,"date":"2018-05-24T15:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2018-05-24T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:33:13","slug":"automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/press\/\uc790\ub3d9-\uc720\uad8c\uc790-\ub4f1\ub85d\uc740-\uc5f0\ubc29-\uc5f0\uad6c\uc5d0-\ub530\ub974\uba74-\ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758-\ube44\/","title":{"rendered":"\uc790\ub3d9 \uc720\uad8c\uc790 \ub4f1\ub85d\uc740 \uc5f0\ubc29\uc5d0 \ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758 \ube44\uc6a9\uc744 \ucd08\ub798\ud560 \uac83\uc774\ub77c\uace0 \uc5f0\uad6c \uacb0\uacfc\uac00 \ubc1d\ud614\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4."},"template":"","class_list":["post-161","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"A study released today by Common Cause Massachusetts examines the cost of implementing Automatic Voter Registration in Oregon, Vermont, and Colorado.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7881}"],"related_issues":[107,109,462],"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;\">Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows<\/h3>\r\nBOSTON, MA\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/resource\/automatic-voter-registration-cost-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A study<\/a> released today by Common Cause Massachusetts examines the cost of implementing Automatic Voter Registration in Oregon, Vermont, and Colorado and concludes that in Massachusetts, \u201ccosts to implement the reform will likely be minimal, and many could be covered by funds available in the state\u2019s HAVA [Help America Vote Act] account.\u201d\r\n\r\nAVR is currently under consideration on Beacon Hill, where it received a favorable report from the Joint Committee on Election Laws and is now in the House Ways and Means Committee. The legislation was originally sponsored by Senator Cynthia Creem and the late Representative Peter Kocot, as well as 22 other Senators and 83 Representatives and is supported by a diverse coalition of 64 organizations.\r\n\r\n\u201cAVR is a cost-effective, practical, and effective reform that could significantly improve the voter registration process in Massachusetts,\u201d said Pam Wilmot, Executive Director of Common Cause Massachusetts. \u201cIt will not place a financial burden on the state. We urge the legislature to act swiftly to pass this bill to modernize the Commonwealth\u2019s elections.\u201d\r\n\r\nAlthough AVR has also been adopted in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Washington state, and Washington, DC, they were not far enough along in their implementation process to produce useful data. Figures for the study from Oregon, Colorado, and Vermont were provided by Oregon Elections Director Steve Trout, Vermont Director of Elections and Campaign Finance Will Senning, and Colorado Director of Elections Doug Choate.\r\n\r\nMost state expenditures were comprised of updates to information technology. As in other states, these expenses are eligible to be covered by the state\u2019s Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds, of which there are approximately $43 million remaining in Massachusetts.\r\n\r\nWith AVR, eligible citizens who interact with the Registry of Motor Vehicles and MassHealth will be automatically registered to vote, unless they choose to decline. This simple change from an opt-in to an opt-out system could add up to 700,000 new voters in the Commonwealth. Voters\u2019 contact information will also be updated during these visits, ensuring our rolls are as up-to-date as possible.\r\n\r\nAutomatic Voter Registration is supported by the Election Modernization Coalition, led by Common Cause Massachusetts, the League of Women Voters or Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, MassVOTE, the Massachusetts Voter Table, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Progressive Massachusetts. A full list of organizations endorsing AVR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/resource\/automatic-voter-registration-endorsing-groups\/\">can be found here<\/a>, and more information about AVR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/our-work\/expand-voting-rights-election-integrity\/automatic-voter-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can be found here<\/a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>"}}]},"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>Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows - 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\/ko\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ko_KR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/press\/\uc790\ub3d9-\uc720\uad8c\uc790-\ub4f1\ub85d\uc740-\uc5f0\ubc29-\uc5f0\uad6c\uc5d0-\ub530\ub974\uba74-\ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758-\ube44\/\" \/>\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\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/\",\"name\":\"Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows - Common Cause Massachusetts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-24T15:33:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Massachusetts\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\uc790\ub3d9 \uc720\uad8c\uc790 \ub4f1\ub85d\uc740 \uc5f0\ubc29\uc5d0 \ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758 \ube44\uc6a9\uc744 \ucd08\ub798\ud560 \uac83\uc774\ub77c\uace0 \uc5f0\uad6c \uacb0\uacfc \ubc1d\ud600\uc9d0 - Common Cause Massachusetts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/","og_locale":"ko_KR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows","og_url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/press\/\uc790\ub3d9-\uc720\uad8c\uc790-\ub4f1\ub85d\uc740-\uc5f0\ubc29-\uc5f0\uad6c\uc5d0-\ub530\ub974\uba74-\ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758-\ube44\/","og_site_name":"Common Cause Massachusetts","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/","url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/","name":"\uc790\ub3d9 \uc720\uad8c\uc790 \ub4f1\ub85d\uc740 \uc5f0\ubc29\uc5d0 \ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758 \ube44\uc6a9\uc744 \ucd08\ub798\ud560 \uac83\uc774\ub77c\uace0 \uc5f0\uad6c \uacb0\uacfc \ubc1d\ud600\uc9d0 - Common Cause Massachusetts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-05-24T15:33:13+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ko-KR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/automatic-voter-registration-would-present-minimal-costs-to-the-commonwealth-study-shows\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Automatic Voter Registration Would Present Minimal Costs to the Commonwealth, Study Shows"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/","name":"\ub9e4\uc0ac\ucd94\uc138\uce20\uc758 \uacf5\ud1b5 \uc6d0\uc778","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Common Cause Massachusetts","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"\uc6cc\ub4dc\ud504\ub808\uc2a4","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}