{"id":162,"date":"2018-08-09T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-signs-automatic-voter-registration-into-law\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:16:10","slug":"massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-signs-automatic-voter-registration-into-law","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/massachusetts-gov-charlie-baker-signs-automatic-voter-registration-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Signs Automatic Voter Registration into Law"},"template":"","class_list":["post-162","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Massachusetts today became the 14th US State to adopt Automatic Voter Registration, following Gov. Charlie Baker\u2019s signature on the bill.    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Charlie Baker\u2019s signature on the bill.\u00a0 Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) makes it much more convenient for all state residents to participate in elections.\r\n\r\nFor some Americans, the voter registration process can be confusing and complicated.\u00a0\u00a0 Automatic Voter Registration makes the process much more convenient and secure.\r\n\r\nNow, when Massachusetts residents do business with certain government agencies, such as obtaining a driver\u2019s license at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, they will automatically be registered to vote, as long as they meet other voting criteria and don\u2019t opt-out.\u00a0 AVR also has a provision to consolidate the places Massachusetts stores records, saving the state money and making voter registration systems more secure.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe think it is one of the strongest automatic voter registration bills in the country,\u201d said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, who urged lawmakers to vote for the bill.\r\n\r\n\u201cCommon Cause applauds members of the Massachusetts Legislature and Gov. Baker in making it much more convenient for eligible citizens to register and vote.\u00a0 The passage of the AVR bill is a huge victory for democracy in Massachusetts,\u201d said Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn.\r\n\r\nIn the Massachusetts House and Senate, the AVR bill was the subject of at least 28 separate votes, not including amendments.\u00a0 Common Cause\u2019s Massachusetts team worked hard to get it passed.\r\n\r\nDoes AVR make a positive difference?\u00a0\u00a0 Other states\u2019 results show it does.\r\n\r\nIn Oregon, the first state to pass AVR, 375,000 new voters registered to vote during the first 18 months of the program.\r\n\r\nIn California, the Department of Motor Vehicles processed nearly 800,000 voter registrations during the first three months of its AVR Motor Voter program.\u00a0 These transactions included 393,020 people re-registering to vote, 259,294 new voters registering and 120,016 updating their addresses.\r\n\r\nMassachusetts has now lowered barriers for eligible residents to vote, and strengthened our democracy."}}]},"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 Gov. 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