{"id":416,"date":"2023-03-03T14:04:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/articles\/votes-act-becomes-law-in-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:57:09","slug":"votes-act-becomes-law-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/articles\/lei-de-votacao-se-torna-lei-em-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Lei VOTES se torna lei em Massachusetts"},"template":"","class_list":["post-416","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":6104,"article_type":214,"authors":"","related_issues":[462],"related_work":false,"location":null},"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":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Defensores dos direitos de voto aplaudem nova expans\u00e3o para <\/i><\/b><b><i>Leis de Vota\u00e7\u00e3o em Massachusetts<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston, MA \u2014 O governador Baker assinou <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/192\/S2924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Lei VOTES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> em lei hoje, expandindo o acesso ao voto em Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defensores dos direitos de voto, grupos de interesse p\u00fablico e uma rede de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es estaduais e locais elogiaram a legisla\u00e7\u00e3o assinada pelo governador Baker hoje. O projeto de lei, An Act Fostering Voting Opportunities, Trust, Equity, and Security ou VOTES Act, \u00e9 a maior expans\u00e3o do acesso ao voto na Comunidade de Massachusetts em anos. A C\u00e2mara e o Senado aprovaram a vers\u00e3o final do projeto de lei na semana passada.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Lei VOTES far\u00e1 v\u00e1rias mudan\u00e7as permanentes nas leis eleitorais de Massachusetts, incluindo: permitir que os eleitores votem pelo correio sem uma desculpa; expandir as op\u00e7\u00f5es de vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada; garantir que os eleitores qualificados que est\u00e3o presos possam solicitar uma c\u00e9dula de vota\u00e7\u00e3o pelo correio e votar; garantir que a Comunidade se junte aos 30 estados <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ericstates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centro de Informa\u00e7\u00f5es de Registro Eletr\u00f4nico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ERIC) para manter os registros de eleitores atualizados; e mais. O projeto de lei tamb\u00e9m reduz o prazo de registro de eleitores antes de uma elei\u00e7\u00e3o de vinte para dez dias.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Lei VOTES, patrocinada pelo Representante Estadual John Lawn e pela Senadora Cindy Creem, \u00e9 fortemente apoiada pela Coaliz\u00e3o de Moderniza\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral de Massachusetts, uma coaliz\u00e3o de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de defesa que trabalham para modernizar as leis eleitorais da Comunidade.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEstamos emocionados que o governador Baker assinou o VOTES Act hoje. Gostar\u00edamos de agradecer ao governador Baker, ao presidente do Senado Spilka e ao presidente Mariano por fazerem dos direitos de voto uma prioridade nesta sess\u00e3o legislativa\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Geoff Foster, Diretor Executivo da Common Cause Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cEm um momento em que muitos estados est\u00e3o dificultando o voto, esta nova lei modernizar\u00e1 nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es e tornar\u00e1 nossa democracia mais acess\u00edvel e equitativa.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEstamos orgulhosos de que Massachusetts esteja apoiando ativamente os eleitores e agradecemos ao governador que assinou este projeto de lei\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Patricia Comfort, Diretora Executiva da Liga das Eleitoras de Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cEsperamos que os eleitores usem o correio e as op\u00e7\u00f5es de vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada logo ap\u00f3s as elei\u00e7\u00f5es prim\u00e1rias de 6 de setembro<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\"\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOs eleitores adotaram a vota\u00e7\u00e3o pelo correio e expandiram a vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada em 2020\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Beth Huang, Diretora Executiva da Mesa de Eleitores de Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cAgora que a Lei VOTES \u00e9 lei, educaremos os eleitores, especialmente em comunidades de cor e bairros de classe trabalhadora, sobre essas expans\u00f5es permanentes dos direitos de voto.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cO voto \u00e9 a base da democracia; \u00e9 o direito que exercemos para proteger todos os outros\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Carol<\/b> <b>Rose, diretora executiva da ACLU de Massachusetts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cPor todo o pa\u00eds, os direitos de voto est\u00e3o em perigo, mas Massachusetts est\u00e1 tra\u00e7ando um curso diferente. Aplaudimos os formuladores de pol\u00edticas de Massachusetts por fortalecer nossa democracia e avan\u00e7ar essas reformas eleitorais cruciais.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSeja qual for o esporte que voc\u00ea esteja acompanhando agora, assinar este projeto de lei \u00e9 um home run, uma enterrada ou um hole in one. Todos n\u00f3s ganhamos quando a vota\u00e7\u00e3o se torna mais acess\u00edvel e \u00e9 isso que o VOTES Act realizar\u00e1\u201d, disse<\/span><b> Janet Domenitz, Diretora Executiva da MASSPIRG.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nossos agradecimentos ao governador Baker por transformar este ato em lei.&quot;\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;Estamos muito felizes que o governador Baker tenha sancionado a Lei VOTES&quot;, <\/span><b>disse Vanessa Snow, Diretora de Pol\u00edtica e Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o da MassVOTE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &quot;As pol\u00edticas inclu\u00eddas na Lei VOTES, como o voto permanente por correspond\u00eancia, a amplia\u00e7\u00e3o da vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada e as reformas no voto presencial, aumentar\u00e3o a acessibilidade e a equidade em nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es. \u00c9 claro que gostar\u00edamos que o Registro no Dia da Elei\u00e7\u00e3o fosse inclu\u00eddo nesta vers\u00e3o da Lei VOTES, mas continuaremos a lutar incansavelmente pela reforma nos pr\u00f3ximos anos. Agradecemos ao Deputado John Lawn e \u00e0 Senadora Cindy Creem por apresentarem a Lei VOTES, bem como ao Presidente do Senado, Spilka, ao Presidente da C\u00e2mara, Mariano, e ao Governador Baker, por apoiarem o projeto de lei.&quot;<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">----------<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Coaliz\u00e3o para Moderniza\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral \u00e9 composta pela Common Cause Massachusetts, ACLU de Massachusetts, Liga das Mulheres Eleitoras de Massachusetts, MassVOTE, Mesa de Eleitores de Massachusetts, MASSPIRG e Advogados pelos Direitos Civis.<\/span><\/i><\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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