{"id":200,"date":"2020-10-07T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/statewide-coalition-applauds-swift-action-from-secretary-of-commonwealth-on-protecting-ballot-access-for-incarcerated-citizens\/"},"modified":"2020-10-07T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:01:13","slug":"statewide-coalition-applauds-swift-action-from-secretary-of-commonwealth-on-protecting-ballot-access-for-incarcerated-citizens","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/coalizao-estadual-aplaude-acao-rapida-do-secretario-da-commonwealth-na-protecao-do-acesso-ao-voto-para-cidadaos-encarcerados\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaliz\u00e3o estadual aplaude a\u00e7\u00e3o r\u00e1pida do Secret\u00e1rio da Commonwealth na prote\u00e7\u00e3o do acesso ao voto para cidad\u00e3os encarcerados"},"template":"","class_list":["post-200","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The Election Protection Behind Bars Coalition commended Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin today for issuing guidance to elections officials on ballot access for incarcerated voters. ","featured_image":6155,"press_type":146,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[94,109,250,462],"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":"<strong>BOSTON<\/strong> A Coaliz\u00e3o de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral Atr\u00e1s das Grades (Election Protection Behind Bars Coalition), uma coaliz\u00e3o estadual de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es que trabalham para proteger e promover o acesso \u00e0s urnas para eleitores encarcerados eleg\u00edveis, elogiou hoje o Secret\u00e1rio da Commonwealth, Bill Galvin, por emitir orienta\u00e7\u00f5es aos funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais sobre o acesso \u00e0s urnas para eleitores encarcerados. Os funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais receberam as novas orienta\u00e7\u00f5es na noite de ter\u00e7a-feira. Em uma carta enviada ao Secret\u00e1rio na semana passada - cujo link est\u00e1 abaixo - a coaliz\u00e3o o instou a fazer exatamente isso. Eles explicaram que, sem qualquer comunica\u00e7\u00e3o do Secret\u00e1rio aos funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais locais, muitos funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais locais n\u00e3o sabem quem \u00e9 ou n\u00e3o eleg\u00edvel para votar e rejeitam regularmente pedidos de voto por correspond\u00eancia de cidad\u00e3os encarcerados, muitas vezes sem tempo para que esses potenciais eleitores reapresentem o pedido. Isso, escreveu a coaliz\u00e3o, \u00e9 apenas um dos motivos pelos quais cidad\u00e3os encarcerados eleg\u00edveis enfrentam &quot;o que \u00e9 conhecido como...&quot;<em>de fato<\/em> \u201cA priva\u00e7\u00e3o do direito de voto ocorre quando, embora a lei diga que esses cidad\u00e3os podem votar, barreiras pr\u00e1ticas tornam isso dif\u00edcil ou imposs\u00edvel.\u201d A coaliz\u00e3o aplaude a r\u00e1pida a\u00e7\u00e3o do Secret\u00e1rio, especialmente em meio a uma elei\u00e7\u00e3o que pode ser a mais desafiadora de nossa hist\u00f3ria. Sua orienta\u00e7\u00e3o traz clareza tanto para os funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais quanto para os defensores e os pr\u00f3prios eleitores encarcerados, afirmando que os eleitores encarcerados s\u00e3o eleg\u00edveis para votar e possuem qualifica\u00e7\u00e3o especial, o que significa que n\u00e3o precisam estar registrados para votar. A Coaliz\u00e3o de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral Atr\u00e1s das Grades relata, com base em sua experi\u00eancia, que muitos funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais n\u00e3o sabem quem \u00e9 ou n\u00e3o eleg\u00edvel e se mostraram c\u00e9ticos em rela\u00e7\u00e3o aos pedidos de c\u00e9dulas de eleitores encarcerados. Novos formul\u00e1rios de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de voto por correspond\u00eancia est\u00e3o sendo emitidos e incluir\u00e3o um campo onde o cidad\u00e3o poder\u00e1 indicar que \u00e9 um eleitor encarcerado eleg\u00edvel. \u201cEste \u00e9 um grande passo para proteger o acesso ao voto para os cidad\u00e3os de nosso estado que est\u00e3o sob cust\u00f3dia do estado e para manter seu direito de votar em papel\u201d, disse <strong>Kristina Mensik, Diretora Assistente da Common Cause Massachusetts.<\/strong> \u201cAgradecemos ao Secret\u00e1rio e esperamos contar com seu apoio, tanto em nossos esfor\u00e7os para garantir que os xerifes proporcionem acesso efetivo aos pedidos de voto por correspond\u00eancia neste outono, quanto no futuro, \u00e0 medida que implementamos reformas mais robustas, seja seguindo o exemplo do Colorado e exigindo coordena\u00e7\u00e3o entre os cart\u00f3rios eleitorais e os gabinetes dos xerifes dos condados, ou adotando medidas adaptadas \u00e0s necessidades espec\u00edficas do nosso estado.\u201d Embora as diretrizes de Galvin sejam um passo crucial para garantir que os pedidos de voto por correspond\u00eancia n\u00e3o sejam rejeitados, ainda h\u00e1 muito trabalho a ser feito na Comunidade para assegurar que os cidad\u00e3os encarcerados em nosso estado n\u00e3o sejam privados de seu direito de voto na pr\u00e1tica, quando este se mant\u00e9m apenas no papel. O \u00f4nus de acessar os materiais e informa\u00e7\u00f5es necess\u00e1rios para votar ainda recai sobre os cidad\u00e3os, mesmo sob cust\u00f3dia do estado, e j\u00e1 vimos elei\u00e7\u00f5es suficientes para saber que isso, na pr\u00e1tica, significa que os eleitores encarcerados t\u00eam seu direito de voto negado. \u201cEstamos ansiosos para trabalhar com o gabinete do Secret\u00e1rio para fortalecer o acesso \u00e0s urnas no futuro\u201d, disse<strong> elly kalfus, coordenadora da Iniciativa de Emancipa\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/strong> \u201cEssa comunica\u00e7\u00e3o direta com os funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais \u00e9 um grande passo para garantir que todos os eleitores eleg\u00edveis possam de fato participar da responsabiliza\u00e7\u00e3o do nosso governo, embora ainda sejam necess\u00e1rios esclarecimentos adicionais em rela\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0s pessoas encarceradas sem um endere\u00e7o pr\u00e9vio em Massachusetts, como pessoas em situa\u00e7\u00e3o de rua.\u201d \u201cA Healing Our Land Inc. agradece a resposta r\u00e1pida do secret\u00e1rio de estado, como uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o que atua diretamente no sistema prisional, por meio da Penitenci\u00e1ria do Condado de Suffolk em South Bay\u201d, disse <strong>Pastor Franklin Hobbs, Diretor Executivo da Healing Our Land, Inc.<\/strong>\u201cEste \u00e9 um passo em dire\u00e7\u00e3o ao nosso objetivo final de permitir que indiv\u00edduos encarcerados com direito a voto possam exercer esse direito em suas respectivas institui\u00e7\u00f5es.\u201d \u201cAgradecemos a r\u00e1pida atua\u00e7\u00e3o do Secret\u00e1rio de Estado para garantir que as pessoas encarceradas que t\u00eam direito a votar possam exercer seus direitos\u201d, disse o porta-voz. <strong>Lizz Matos, Diretora Executiva dos Servi\u00e7os Jur\u00eddicos para Presos.<\/strong> &quot;Estamos ansiosos para continuar trabalhando com seu gabinete enquanto lutamos para garantir que o acesso ao voto dentro dos pres\u00eddios seja universal e garantido.&quot; &quot;O Secret\u00e1rio Galvin merece elogios por sua resposta r\u00e1pida \u00e0 nossa solicita\u00e7\u00e3o e por fornecer orienta\u00e7\u00f5es claras aos funcion\u00e1rios e agentes penitenci\u00e1rios sobre a quest\u00e3o do direito ao voto&quot;, disse<strong> Rahsaan Hall, diretor do Programa de Justi\u00e7a Racial da ACLU de Massachusetts. <\/strong>&quot;Todos os eleitores eleg\u00edveis \u2014 encarcerados ou n\u00e3o \u2014 devem poder votar com seguran\u00e7a e comodidade. Aguardamos com expectativa a colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com o secret\u00e1rio para garantir que esta orienta\u00e7\u00e3o seja cumprida.&quot; A orienta\u00e7\u00e3o est\u00e1 dispon\u00edvel no site do SOC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/ele\/elepdf\/Election-Advisory-20-06-Voting-While-Incarcerated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/ele\/elepdf\/Election-Advisory-20-06-Voting-While-Incarcerated.pdf<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\r\n<em>A Election Protection Behind Bars \u00e9 coordenada pela Emancipation Initiative, Common Cause Massachusetts, ACLU de Massachusetts, Prisoners Legal Services e Healing Our Lands. As organiza\u00e7\u00f5es associadas incluem o Real Cost of Prisons Project, Decarcerate Western Massachusetts, Black &amp; Pink Boston, MOCHA, Bristol County for Correctional Justice, The Sentencing Project e muito mais.<\/em>\r\n\r\nLeia a carta da coaliz\u00e3o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/resource\/letter-to-secretary-of-commonwealth-on-protecting-ballot-access-for-eligible-incarcerated-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqui<\/a>."}}]},"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>Statewide Coalition Applauds Swift Action from Secretary of Commonwealth on Protecting Ballot Access for Incarcerated Citizens - 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\/statewide-coalition-applauds-swift-action-from-secretary-of-commonwealth-on-protecting-ballot-access-for-incarcerated-citizens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statewide Coalition Applauds Swift Action from Secretary of Commonwealth on Protecting Ballot Access for Incarcerated Citizens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/coalizao-estadual-aplaude-acao-rapida-do-secretario-da-commonwealth-na-protecao-do-acesso-ao-voto-para-cidadaos-encarcerados\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"273\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"184\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\/statewide-coalition-applauds-swift-action-from-secretary-of-commonwealth-on-protecting-ballot-access-for-incarcerated-citizens\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/statewide-coalition-applauds-swift-action-from-secretary-of-commonwealth-on-protecting-ballot-access-for-incarcerated-citizens\/\",\"name\":\"Statewide Coalition Applauds Swift Action from Secretary of Commonwealth on Protecting Ballot Access for Incarcerated Citizens - 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