{"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\/pt\/press\/secretario-da-comunidade-comeca-a-enviar-solicitacoes-de-cedula-de-votacao-em-resposta-a-acao-movida-por-eleitores-minoritarios-e-defensores-dos-direitos-de-voto\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret\u00e1rio da Commonwealth come\u00e7a a enviar solicita\u00e7\u00f5es de c\u00e9dula em resposta a a\u00e7\u00e3o judicial movida por eleitores minorit\u00e1rios e defensores dos direitos de voto"},"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":"

Atualiza\u00e7\u00e3o das ordens judiciais na pr\u00f3xima quarta-feira<\/em><\/p>\r\nBOSTON, MA \u2014 Ap\u00f3s uma peti\u00e7\u00e3o de emerg\u00eancia protocolada no Tribunal Judicial Supremo de Massachusetts (SJC) por sete eleitores negros, latinos e asi\u00e1tico-americanos, Common Cause Massachusetts e MassVOTE, o Secret\u00e1rio da Comunidade de Massachusetts William Galvin come\u00e7ou a enviar solicita\u00e7\u00f5es de c\u00e9dula de vota\u00e7\u00e3o pelo correio aos eleitores. O caso, Bertin contra Galvin<\/em>, foi arquivado por Advogados pelos Direitos Civis e Ropes & Gray em um pro bono<\/em> com base nisso, e motivou a\u00e7\u00e3o imediata do estado. O envio come\u00e7ou antes da audi\u00eancia de emerg\u00eancia de hoje perante o Supremo Tribunal de Justi\u00e7a (SJC), na qual o Juiz Frank M. Gaziano ordenou que o Secret\u00e1rio Galvin apresentasse um relat\u00f3rio de situa\u00e7\u00e3o at\u00e9 a pr\u00f3xima quarta-feira, descrevendo as medidas que tomou para concluir o envio. Em 7 de julho, o Secret\u00e1rio Galvin anunciou que n\u00e3o enviaria os formul\u00e1rios de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto por correio aos eleitores, conforme exigido pela nova lei eleitoral de emerg\u00eancia do estado. O Secret\u00e1rio Galvin alegou que n\u00e3o tinha fundos suficientes para cobrir o envio. Eleitores de minorias \u00e9tnicas, a Common Cause Massachusetts e a MassVOTE contestaram essa alega\u00e7\u00e3o, apontando para mais de 1,4 milh\u00e3o de d\u00f3lares em fundos federais da Lei CARES que o gabinete de Galvin havia recebido e argumentando que o cumprimento da nova lei estadual \u00e9 obrigat\u00f3rio em qualquer caso. Diante do lit\u00edgio e de uma declara\u00e7\u00e3o da Comiss\u00e3o Federal de Assist\u00eancia Eleitoral reiterando que os fundos da Lei CARES pode<\/u> ser usado para enviar solicita\u00e7\u00f5es de c\u00e9dula de vota\u00e7\u00e3o, o secret\u00e1rio Galvin reverteu suas alega\u00e7\u00f5es sobre financiamento e come\u00e7ou a enviar 4,5 milh\u00f5es de inscri\u00e7\u00f5es<\/a>\u201cEstamos satisfeitos que nosso processo judicial tenha levado a uma a\u00e7\u00e3o e que os moradores de Massachusetts receber\u00e3o em breve seus formul\u00e1rios para votar pelo correio\u201d, disse Pam Wilmot, Diretora Executiva da Common Cause Massachusetts.<\/strong> \u201cMas a rejei\u00e7\u00e3o inicial da lei pelo Secret\u00e1rio \u00e9 profundamente preocupante. Estaremos acompanhando de perto para garantir que os requisitos restantes da lei sejam implementados sem demora e que nenhum cidad\u00e3o de Massachusetts tenha que escolher entre proteger sua sa\u00fade e participar de nossa democracia.\u201d \u201c\u00c9 lament\u00e1vel que tenha sido necess\u00e1rio um processo judicial para obrigar o Secret\u00e1rio a cumprir essa obriga\u00e7\u00e3o crucial prevista em lei, mas estamos satisfeitos que nosso processo tenha sido bem-sucedido em obrig\u00e1-lo a cumpri-la\u201d, disse Oren Sellstrom, Diretor de Contencioso da Lawyers for Civil Rights<\/strong>\u201cO caso permanecer\u00e1 ativo at\u00e9 que o Secret\u00e1rio tenha enviado todos os formul\u00e1rios de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto por correspond\u00eancia, para garantir que os eleitores da Comunidade, particularmente em comunidades de cor e de baixa renda, n\u00e3o sejam privados do direito de voto.\u201d Sellstrom observou que, entre os formul\u00e1rios de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto que ainda n\u00e3o foram enviados, est\u00e3o os formul\u00e1rios bil\u00edngues e tril\u00edngues usados em 12 munic\u00edpios. \u201cO fato de o Secret\u00e1rio da Comunidade ter tomado medidas para iniciar o envio \u00e9 uma boa not\u00edcia\u201d, disse ele. Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, Diretora Executiva da MassVOTE<\/strong>\u201cMas sejamos claros: num momento em que nossos funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais locais j\u00e1 est\u00e3o se esfor\u00e7ando para se preparar para um aumento no n\u00famero de votos por correio, qualquer atraso amea\u00e7a dificultar ainda mais o trabalho deles, pois significa que mais eleitores n\u00e3o ter\u00e3o outra op\u00e7\u00e3o a n\u00e3o ser obter os formul\u00e1rios de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto por correio e envi\u00e1-los no \u00faltimo minuto. Em outros estados que realizaram elei\u00e7\u00f5es prim\u00e1rias durante a pandemia de COVID-19, vimos centenas de milhares de votos n\u00e3o contabilizados exatamente por esse motivo. Massachusetts pode e deve fazer melhor.\u201d Sem receber um formul\u00e1rio de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto por correio, os peticion\u00e1rios neste caso \u2014 a maioria dos quais possui s\u00e9rios problemas de sa\u00fade preexistentes e acesso limitado a computadores ou impressoras em casa \u2014 teriam dificuldade em solicitar as c\u00e9dulas e exercer seu direito de voto sem correr o risco de infec\u00e7\u00e3o, doen\u00e7a e morte por COVID-19. A peti\u00e7\u00e3o, protocolada diretamente no Supremo Tribunal de Justi\u00e7a (SJC), buscava uma medida cautelar de urg\u00eancia, na forma de mandado de seguran\u00e7a, ordenando ao Secret\u00e1rio Galvin que cumprisse a nova lei eleitoral de emerg\u00eancia do estado e enviasse os formul\u00e1rios de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto por correio at\u00e9 a data exigida."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nSecretary 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\/pt\/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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\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\/pt\/press\/secretario-da-comunidade-comeca-a-enviar-solicitacoes-de-cedula-de-votacao-em-resposta-a-acao-movida-por-eleitores-minoritarios-e-defensores-dos-direitos-de-voto\/\" \/>\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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