{"id":2149,"date":"2025-09-23T11:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2149"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:52:27","slug":"lawrence-city-council-silences-voters-by-rejecting-vote-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pl\/press\/rada-miasta-lawrence-ucisza-wyborcow-odrzucajac-mozliwosc-glosowania-korespondencyjnego\/","title":{"rendered":"Rada Miasta Lawrence ucisza wyborc\u00f3w, odrzucaj\u0105c g\u0142osowanie korespondencyjne"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2149","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","press_type":false,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Lawrence, MA<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0- Koalicja na rzecz Modernizacji Wybor\u00f3w pot\u0119pia decyzj\u0119 Rady Miasta Lawrence o pozbawieniu wyborc\u00f3w mo\u017cliwo\u015bci g\u0142osowania korespondencyjnego w listopadowych wyborach samorz\u0105dowych w 2025 roku. 19 wrze\u015bnia po godzinie 17:00 Rada Miasta Lawrence przeg\u0142osowa\u0142a decyzj\u0119 o pozbawieniu wyborc\u00f3w Lawrence mo\u017cliwo\u015bci oddania g\u0142osu korespondencyjnie. Ta decyzja podj\u0119ta w ostatniej chwili zapad\u0142a na kilka godzin przed up\u0142ywem 45-dniowego terminu, kt\u00f3ry pozwala gminom zrezygnowa\u0107 z mo\u017cliwo\u015bci g\u0142osowania korespondencyjnego w wyborach lokalnych, a zaledwie kilka dni po pomy\u015blnym wprowadzeniu g\u0142osowania korespondencyjnego w wyborach wst\u0119pnych w mie\u015bcie. Koalicja wyda\u0142a nast\u0119puj\u0105ce o\u015bwiadczenie:\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Decyzja Rady Miasta Lawrence o rezygnacji z g\u0142osowania korespondencyjnego w wyborach samorz\u0105dowych w 2025 roku to krok wstecz w dost\u0119pie do g\u0142osowania i frustruj\u0105ce posuni\u0119cie dla wielu mieszka\u0144c\u00f3w, kt\u00f3rzy polegaj\u0105 na bezpiecznym g\u0142osowaniu korespondencyjnym. Spo\u0142eczno\u015bci mniejszo\u015bci etnicznych i tak ju\u017c borykaj\u0105 si\u0119 z nieproporcjonalnymi barierami w g\u0142osowaniu, a to dzia\u0142anie tylko pogarsza sytuacj\u0119. Decyzja ta zosta\u0142a podj\u0119ta przy niewielkim udziale opinii publicznej, a taka zmiana wprowadzona w ostatniej chwili jedynie wprowadza zamieszanie i podwa\u017ca zaufanie do procesu wyborczego. Rada powinna zobowi\u0105za\u0107 si\u0119 do sp\u00f3jnej, przejrzystej polityki wyborczej, kt\u00f3ra umo\u017cliwi wszystkim wyborcom \u0142atwe i bezpieczne oddanie g\u0142osu.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nKoalicja na rzecz Modernizacji Wybor\u00f3w obejmuje ACLU w Massachusetts, Common Cause Massachusetts, Disability Law Center w Massachusetts, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, Lawyers for Civil Rights, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, MassVOTE, Massachusetts Voter Table, MASSPIRG oraz Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. 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