{"id":210,"date":"2021-04-06T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/legislative-briefing-informs-lawmakers-of-votes-act-benefits\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:30:59","slug":"legislative-briefing-informs-lawmakers-of-votes-act-benefits","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/briefing-legislativo-informa-os-legisladores-sobre-os-beneficios-do-ato-de-votacao\/","title":{"rendered":"Briefing legislativo informa legisladores sobre os benef\u00edcios do VOTES Act"},"template":"","class_list":["post-210","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Advocates and legislators pointed out that the VOTES Act, if passed, would not only make the previous temporary changes permanent, it would strengthen Massachusetts\u2019 elections system in other ways.\u00a0","featured_image":6940,"press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7814}"],"related_issues":[100,109,462],"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\"><strong><em>A senadora Cindy Creem e o deputado John Lawn, autores da proposta de lei, dizem que a Lei VOTES fortalecer\u00e1 a equidade, o acesso e a seguran\u00e7a nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es de Massachusetts.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\r\nBOSTON \u2013 Legisladores e funcion\u00e1rios estaduais reuniram-se virtualmente hoje para uma sess\u00e3o informativa sobre a \u201cLei que Promove Oportunidades de Voto: Confian\u00e7a, Equidade e Seguran\u00e7a\u201d. A sess\u00e3o foi organizada pela Senadora Cindy Creem e pelo Deputado John Lawn, autores da proposta legislativa, e patrocinada por organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de defesa da Coaliz\u00e3o para a Moderniza\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral. Peg Perl, Diretora de Elei\u00e7\u00f5es do Condado de Arapahoe, no Colorado, discutiu como as reformas inclu\u00eddas na Lei VOTES funcionam na pr\u00e1tica no Colorado. A grava\u00e7\u00e3o completa da sess\u00e3o est\u00e1 dispon\u00edvel. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W6ggGbV4ZPk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>aqui<\/strong><\/a>O projeto de lei conta com mais de 100 patrocinadores legislativos. Segundo os autores e defensores, trata-se de uma prioridade para a 192\u00aa Assembleia Legislativa e deve ser aprovado no in\u00edcio da sess\u00e3o para garantir que suas reformas estejam dispon\u00edveis aos eleitores nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es municipais do outono de 2021. A vota\u00e7\u00e3o por correio, a amplia\u00e7\u00e3o da vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada e outras disposi\u00e7\u00f5es inclu\u00eddas na legisla\u00e7\u00e3o tempor\u00e1ria aprovada na sess\u00e3o anterior expiram no final de junho de 2021. &quot;\u00c9 fundamental garantirmos que as reformas que j\u00e1 funcionaram para os eleitores, e que eles esperam que estejam dispon\u00edveis novamente, estejam em vigor para as pr\u00f3ximas elei\u00e7\u00f5es municipais e futuras elei\u00e7\u00f5es estaduais&quot;, afirmou. <strong>Representante John Lawn<\/strong>Defensores e legisladores destacaram que a Lei VOTES, se aprovada, n\u00e3o apenas tornaria permanentes as mudan\u00e7as tempor\u00e1rias anteriores, como tamb\u00e9m fortaleceria o sistema eleitoral de Massachusetts de outras maneiras. &quot;A Lei VOTES oferece uma an\u00e1lise abrangente da situa\u00e7\u00e3o das elei\u00e7\u00f5es em Massachusetts&quot;, afirmaram. <strong>Senadora Cindy Creem<\/strong>\u201cMesmo com o voto por correspond\u00eancia, os cidad\u00e3os de Massachusetts ainda enfrentam barreiras \u00e0 participa\u00e7\u00e3o, como o prazo de inscri\u00e7\u00e3o de 20 dias. \u00c9 por isso que inclu\u00edmos o Registro no Mesmo Dia. Eleitores eleg\u00edveis encarcerados \u2014 que s\u00e3o desproporcionalmente negros ou pessoas de cor \u2014 enfrentam barreiras indevidas para votar. \u00c9 por isso que inclu\u00edmos disposi\u00e7\u00f5es para vota\u00e7\u00e3o em pres\u00eddios. E nossa infraestrutura de registro eleitoral precisa ser aprimorada para que o trabalho de facilitar as elei\u00e7\u00f5es seja mais f\u00e1cil para os funcion\u00e1rios eleitorais e nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es sejam mais seguras \u2014 \u00e9 por isso que aprovamos o ERIC em 2018 e por que nosso projeto de lei inclui um prazo para que o Secret\u00e1rio da Commonwealth adote o ERIC.\u201d \u201cEm estados como a Ge\u00f3rgia, estamos vendo a pr\u00f3xima onda de supress\u00e3o de votos com o objetivo de silenciar as vozes dos americanos comuns, especialmente eleitores negros e eleitores de cor\u201d, disse <strong>Rahsaan Hall, Diretor do Programa de Justi\u00e7a Racial, ACLU-MA<\/strong>\u201cSe alguma vez houve um momento para Massachusetts avaliar sua infraestrutura eleitoral e fazer tudo ao seu alcance para garantir que todos os eleitores eleg\u00edveis possam participar, esse momento \u00e9 agora.\u201d \u201cA Lei VOTES \u00e9 a melhor chance que Massachusetts tem de avan\u00e7ar rapidamente rumo a elei\u00e7\u00f5es equitativas e participativas\u201d, afirmou. <strong>Beth Huang da Mesa de Eleitores de Massachusetts<\/strong>, uma coaliz\u00e3o de engajamento c\u00edvico, \u201cmas \u00e9 imperativo que a Legislatura aja rapidamente. Estamos pedindo aos membros da 192\u00aa Corte Geral que levem esse projeto de lei eleitoral abrangente e de bom senso e o aprovem a tempo de garantir que os eleitores em cidades como Boston possam fazer suas vozes serem ouvidas no governo local.\u201d\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDesde 2013, o Colorado implementou muitas reformas que Massachusetts est\u00e1 considerando na Lei VOTES, incluindo vota\u00e7\u00e3o permanente pelo correio, vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada, registro no mesmo dia, auditorias de limita\u00e7\u00e3o de risco e muito mais\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Peg Perl, Diretora de Elei\u00e7\u00f5es do Condado de Arapahoe, no Colorado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEssas reformas demonstraram um aumento na participa\u00e7\u00e3o eleitoral e na confian\u00e7a p\u00fablica na administra\u00e7\u00e3o das elei\u00e7\u00f5es em todos os n\u00edveis no Colorado. Essas reformas S\u00c3O uma resposta positiva e abrangente \u00e0s barreiras sist\u00eamicas \u00e0 democracia e estou entusiasmado para ver Massachusetts considerar esses modelos eficazes.\u201d<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em>\r\n<em>\u00a0<\/em>\r\n<em>A Coaliz\u00e3o para Moderniza\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral \u00e9 composta pela ACLU de Massachusetts, Common Cause Massachusetts, Advogados pelos Direitos Civis, Liga das Eleitoras de Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, MassVOTE e a Mesa de Eleitores de Massachusetts.<\/em><\/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>Legislative Briefing Informs Lawmakers of VOTES Act Benefits - 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\/legislative-briefing-informs-lawmakers-of-votes-act-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legislative Briefing Informs Lawmakers of VOTES Act Benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/briefing-legislativo-informa-os-legisladores-sobre-os-beneficios-do-ato-de-votacao\/\" \/>\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\/11\/I_voted.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\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\/legislative-briefing-informs-lawmakers-of-votes-act-benefits\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/legislative-briefing-informs-lawmakers-of-votes-act-benefits\/\",\"name\":\"Legislative Briefing Informs Lawmakers of VOTES Act Benefits - 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