{"id":219,"date":"2021-10-06T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/massachusetts-senate-passes-the-votes-act-overwhelmingly\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:55:45","slug":"massachusetts-senate-passes-the-votes-act-overwhelmingly","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/senado-de-massachusetts-aprova-a-lei-de-votos-por-maioria-esmagadora\/","title":{"rendered":"O Senado de Massachusetts aprova a Lei VOTES por esmagadora maioria"},"template":"","class_list":["post-219","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The VOTES Act is strongly supported by the Massachusetts Election Modernization Coalition, an umbrella group working to modernize the Commonwealth\u2019s election laws. More than 100 grassroots organizations across the Bay State have endorsed the legislation.","featured_image":6143,"press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7814}"],"related_issues":[100,107,109,462],"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\"><b><i>Enquanto outras legislaturas estaduais restringem a liberdade de voto, Massachusetts avan\u00e7a com um projeto de lei pr\u00f3-eleitor<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Esta noite, o Senado de Massachusetts votou 36-3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a favor de <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/192\/S2545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um projeto de lei abrangente<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Lei VOTES, para melhorar o acesso dos eleitores ao voto e garantir que as elei\u00e7\u00f5es da Comunidade sejam livres e justas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A legisla\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 baseada em projetos de lei apresentados por <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/192\/HD1536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Representante John Lawn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/192\/SD1002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senadora Cynthia Creem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> e co-patrocinado por <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press-release\/marquee-voting-reform-law-gets-public-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mais de 100 legisladores<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. O VOTES Act \u00e9 fortemente apoiado pela Massachusetts Election Modernization Coalition, um grupo guarda-chuva que trabalha para modernizar as leis eleitorais da Commonwealth. Mais de 100 organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de base em todo o Bay State endossaram a legisla\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O projeto de lei do Senado ir\u00e1:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">permitir que os eleitores votem pelo correio, tornando permanentemente dispon\u00edvel o m\u00e9todo de vota\u00e7\u00e3o <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eac.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document_library\/files\/2020_EAVS_Report_Final_508c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">escolhido por 41% dos eleitores de Massachusetts na elei\u00e7\u00e3o do outono passado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ampliar as op\u00e7\u00f5es de vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada presencial, o m\u00e9todo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eac.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document_library\/files\/2020_EAVS_Report_Final_508c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">usado por 23% dos eleitores de Massachusetts na elei\u00e7\u00e3o do outono passado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tornar permanentes diversas mudan\u00e7as implementadas durante a pandemia, incluindo urnas para devolu\u00e7\u00e3o de votos e processamento antecipado de votos pelo correio, para evitar atrasos nos resultados das elei\u00e7\u00f5es;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">implementar o registro de eleitores no mesmo dia, tanto no dia da elei\u00e7\u00e3o quanto nos dias de vota\u00e7\u00e3o antecipada, para que os eleitores n\u00e3o sejam rejeitados por causa de erros em seu registro, e os eleitores que se mudaram recentemente possam votar em seus novos endere\u00e7os;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">corrigir o sistema de Registro Autom\u00e1tico de Eleitores para atualizar os registros de eleitores de pessoas que interagem com o Registro de Ve\u00edculos Motorizados, MassHealth ou o Commonwealth Health Connector;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exigir que o Secret\u00e1rio de Estado envie os requerimentos de c\u00e9dula para elei\u00e7\u00f5es estaduais e federais a todos os eleitores registrados em Massachusetts;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">instruir o Secret\u00e1rio de Estado a criar um portal de solicita\u00e7\u00e3o de c\u00e9dula eleitoral online at\u00e9 1\u00ba de julho de 2022;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">garantir que a Comunidade se tornar\u00e1 membro do Centro de Informa\u00e7\u00f5es de Registro Eletr\u00f4nico (ERIC) at\u00e9 1\u00ba de julho de 2022 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ericstates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c9RICO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00e9 uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o sem fins lucrativos de estados que melhora a precis\u00e3o dos cadernos eleitorais);<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">garantir que os eleitores encarcerados eleg\u00edveis tenham acesso aos boletins de voto; e<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fazer outras mudan\u00e7as para melhorar o acesso dos eleitores de Massachusetts \u00e0s c\u00e9dulas.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A legislatura de Massachusetts est\u00e1 considerando esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o pr\u00f3-eleitor ao mesmo tempo em que outros estados est\u00e3o se movendo para dificultar que os eleitores votem. At\u00e9 agora, neste ano,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/voting-laws-roundup-october-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">19 estados promulgaram 33 leis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> que criam barreiras ao voto, especialmente para eleitores negros, pardos e de baixa renda.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCom a Maratona chegando, digamos que estamos realmente gratos ao Senado por nos levar \u00e0 Rte 16 em Wellesley, e estamos ansiosos para cruzar a linha de chegada com a C\u00e2mara\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Janet Domenitz, diretora da MASSPIRG<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA nossa democracia precisa de reformas abrangentes que centrem a equidade, removam as barreiras ao voto e modernizem as nossas elei\u00e7\u00f5es\u201d, afirmou <\/span><b>Geoff Foster, Diretor Executivo da Common Cause Massachusetts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cO VOTES Act faz tudo isso e estamos felizes em v\u00ea-lo passar pelo Senado e ir para a C\u00e2mara. Estamos confiantes de que com o compromisso do Presidente do Senado e do Orador com a reforma eleitoral nesta sess\u00e3o, um projeto de lei forte chegar\u00e1 \u00e0 mesa do Governador Baker, tornando nossa democracia mais acess\u00edvel e equitativa.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;A Liga das Eleitoras de Massachusetts aplaude o Senado por sua a\u00e7\u00e3o para melhorar o acesso ao voto em nosso estado. Aguardamos ansiosamente que este projeto de lei se torne lei e que Massachusetts d\u00ea o exemplo de a\u00e7\u00e3o pelo direito ao voto no Congresso&quot;, disse. <\/span><b>Patricia Comfort, Diretora Executiva, Liga das Mulheres Eleitoras de Massachusetts.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNas Gateway Cities e em Boston, apenas 66,3 % de residentes votaram nas elei\u00e7\u00f5es de 2020, em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com a participa\u00e7\u00e3o eleitoral de 81% nos munic\u00edpios de maioria branca\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Beth Huang, Diretora Executiva da Mesa de Eleitores de Massachusetts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA Lei VOTES levar\u00e1 a elei\u00e7\u00f5es mais justas e acess\u00edveis e estamos ansiosos para v\u00ea-la aprovada pelo Senado.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs reformas eleitorais precisam priorizar a equidade racial. O registro no mesmo dia comprovadamente melhora o acesso ao voto para pessoas de cor, e Massachusetts n\u00e3o deve ficar atr\u00e1s de 20 outros estados nessa frente\u201d, disse <\/span><b>Rahsaan Hall, Diretor do Programa de Justi\u00e7a Racial na ACLU de Massachusetts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cEstamos entusiasmados que o Senado tenha realizado esta vota\u00e7\u00e3o cr\u00edtica e que mais da metade da C\u00e2mara tenha patrocinado o VOTES Act, colocando o registro no mesmo dia diretamente na agenda de reforma eleitoral do estado nesta sess\u00e3o.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&quot;A MassVOTE est\u00e1 entusiasmada em ver o Senado dar o passo fundamental de aprovar a Lei VOTES hoje&quot;, <\/span><b>disse Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, Diretora Executiva da MassVOTE. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Lei VOTES empoderar\u00e1 todos os eleitores de Massachusetts, mas especialmente os negros, pardos, de baixa renda e imigrantes, que atualmente enfrentam in\u00fameras barreiras injustas para votar. Elementos-chave da Lei VOTES, como o Registro no Mesmo Dia, ajudar\u00e3o a resolver esse problema. Estamos ansiosos para firmar uma parceria com a C\u00e2mara dos Representantes enquanto este projeto de lei avan\u00e7a no processo legislativo. <\/span>"}}]},"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>Massachusetts Senate Passes the VOTES Act Overwhelmingly - 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\/massachusetts-senate-passes-the-votes-act-overwhelmingly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massachusetts Senate Passes the VOTES Act Overwhelmingly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/senado-de-massachusetts-aprova-a-lei-de-votos-por-maioria-esmagadora\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Daves-House-Map.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1006\" \/>\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\/massachusetts-senate-passes-the-votes-act-overwhelmingly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/massachusetts-senate-passes-the-votes-act-overwhelmingly\/\",\"name\":\"Massachusetts Senate Passes the VOTES Act Overwhelmingly - 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