{"id":217,"date":"2021-07-20T14:55:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/voting-rights-advocates-applaud-progress-on-comprehensive-voting-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:55:40","slug":"voting-rights-advocates-applaud-progress-on-comprehensive-voting-bill","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/defensores-dos-direitos-de-voto-aplaudem-o-progresso-no-projeto-de-lei-de-votacao-abrangente\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensores dos direitos de voto aplaudem o progresso no projeto de lei de vota\u00e7\u00e3o abrangente"},"template":"","class_list":["post-217","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"On Monday, the Massachusetts Legislature\u2019s Joint Committee on Elections Laws sent the VOTES Act to the Senate Ways and Means Committee, the first step in bringing the comprehensive voting bill up for a vote.","featured_image":6117,"press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7814}"],"related_issues":[98,100,109,462],"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":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boston, MA -- Defensores do direito ao voto, grupos de interesse p\u00fablico e uma rede de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es estaduais e locais elogiaram a decis\u00e3o tomada na segunda-feira pelo Comit\u00ea Conjunto de Leis Eleitorais da Assembleia Legislativa de Massachusetts de enviar [informa\u00e7\u00f5es adicionais necess\u00e1rias] \u00e0 Comiss\u00e3o de Elei\u00e7\u00f5es. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/192\/S459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a Lei VOTES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ao Comit\u00ea de Recursos e Meios do Senado, o primeiro passo para levar o projeto de lei de vota\u00e7\u00e3o abrangente para vota\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/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; estabelecer o registro de eleitores no mesmo dia; 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 registos eleitorais actualizados; implementar auditorias de limita\u00e7\u00e3o de risco, o \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/issues\/defend-our-elections\/election-security\/post-election-audits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">padr\u00e3o ouro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;de auditorias p\u00f3s-eleitorais; garantindo que eleitores qualificados que est\u00e3o presos possam solicitar uma c\u00e9dula de vota\u00e7\u00e3o pelo correio e votar; e muito mais.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Lei VOTES \u00e9 fortemente apoiada pela Coaliz\u00e3o de Moderniza\u00e7\u00e3o Eleitoral de Massachusetts, um grupo que trabalha para modernizar as leis eleitorais da Comunidade.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;Estamos muito satisfeitos que o VOTES Act esteja um passo mais perto de se tornar lei. Gostar\u00edamos de agradecer aos patrocinadores do projeto de lei, o Deputado John Lawn e a Senadora Cindy Creem, por todo o seu trabalho \u2013 e gostar\u00edamos de agradecer aos presidentes do Comit\u00ea de Leis Eleitorais, o Senador Barry Finegold e o Deputado Dan Ryan, pelo seu apoio.&quot; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c9 revigorante ver que a legislatura do estado de Massachusetts quer tornar nossa democracia mais acess\u00edvel e equitativa\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Geoff Foster, Diretor Executivo da Common Cause Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;Estamos muito satisfeitos com o fato de Beacon Hill ter dado esse passo fundamental em apoio \u00e0 Lei VOTES.&quot; <\/span><b>disse Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, Diretora Executiva da MassVOTE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;Com os direitos de voto sob ataque em todo o pa\u00eds, Massachusetts precisa enviar a mensagem de que estamos dedicados a proteger e expandir esse direito. A melhor maneira de fazer isso \u00e9 aprovando o voto por correspond\u00eancia, o registro de eleitores no mesmo dia da elei\u00e7\u00e3o e todas as reformas inclu\u00eddas na Lei VOTES.&quot;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;A Liga das Mulheres Eleitoras aplaude a comiss\u00e3o de leis eleitorais por agir rapidamente para colocar o Ato VOTES em vota\u00e7\u00e3o. \u00c9 importante que o legislativo aprove um projeto de lei eleitoral permanente e abrangente para garantir o pleno acesso de todos os cidad\u00e3os eleg\u00edveis e o funcionamento cont\u00ednuo e eficiente do nosso processo eleitoral&quot;, disse a Liga. <\/span><b>Patricia Comfort, Diretora Executiva, Liga das Eleitoras de Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;Num momento em que muitos estados est\u00e3o restringindo o acesso ao voto, estamos orgulhosos da dire\u00e7\u00e3o que nossa legislatura est\u00e1 tomando.&quot;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u00c0 medida que enfrentamos as pandemias g\u00eameas da COVID-19 e da injusti\u00e7a racial, a aprova\u00e7\u00e3o da Lei VOTES \u00e9 um passo importante para fortalecer nossa democracia\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Beth Huang, Diretora Executiva da Mesa de Eleitores de Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, uma coaliz\u00e3o de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es comunit\u00e1rias. \u201cExpandir o acesso do eleitor por meio do registro de eleitores no mesmo dia e vota\u00e7\u00e3o pelo correio ajudar\u00e1 a promover a equidade racial.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cO impulso para a frente da Lei VOTES define a vis\u00e3o para o tipo de democracia aberta e acess\u00edvel para todos que exigimos ver na Comunidade\u201d, disse<\/span><b> Sophia Hall, Advogados pelos Direitos Civis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201c\u00c9 de nossa responsabilidade garantir que as elei\u00e7\u00f5es sejam acess\u00edveis a todos, especialmente aos mais historicamente marginalizados.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAplaudimos o Comit\u00ea de Leis Eleitorais por promover a Lei VOTES\u201d, <\/span><b>disse Rahsaan Hall, diretor do Programa de Justi\u00e7a Racial da ACLU de Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cNossa democracia funciona melhor quando todos podem participar, e esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o aumenta o acesso ao voto para todos os eleitores qualificados na Comunidade. \u00c9 particularmente importante para os legisladores garantir que as disposi\u00e7\u00f5es deste projeto de lei que melhoram exclusivamente o acesso para eleitores de cor e eleitores de baixa renda sejam aprovadas como lei. Estabelecer o registro no mesmo dia e melhorar o acesso ao voto para eleitores encarcerados ajudar\u00e1 a garantir que todos os eleitores qualificados possam votar na pr\u00e1tica.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEste projeto de lei \u00e9 a medalha de ouro das reformas eleitorais, e estamos treinando para vencer h\u00e1 anos. Agora \u00e9 a nossa hora. Agradecemos ao Comit\u00ea de Leis Eleitorais por nos dar um passo mais perto, e estamos ansiosos para trabalhar com a Legislatura para superar os obst\u00e1culos \u00e0 frente, rapidamente. Nossa democracia ser\u00e1 a campe\u00e3 quando o VOTES Act se tornar lei\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Janet Domenitz, Diretora Executiva da MASSPIRG.\u00a0<\/b>"}}]},"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>Voting Rights Advocates Applaud Progress on Comprehensive Voting Bill - 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\/voting-rights-advocates-applaud-progress-on-comprehensive-voting-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voting Rights Advocates Applaud Progress on Comprehensive Voting Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/defensores-dos-direitos-de-voto-aplaudem-o-progresso-no-projeto-de-lei-de-votacao-abrangente\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Copy-of-CFD-2022-Save-the-Date-Draft-Blog-Banner.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\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\/voting-rights-advocates-applaud-progress-on-comprehensive-voting-bill\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/voting-rights-advocates-applaud-progress-on-comprehensive-voting-bill\/\",\"name\":\"Voting Rights Advocates Applaud Progress on Comprehensive Voting Bill - 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