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The bill will enable safe, accessible and secure voting in the fall elections and is supported by over 100 Massachusetts organizations.\r\n\r\n<strong>WHO<\/strong>: Voting rights organizations including Common Cause Massachusetts, MassVOTE, the League of Women Voters, and the ACLU of Massachusetts, Associate Professor and Chair of the Government Department, Suffolk University, and Latia Holmes of the SEIU1199.\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT<\/strong>: Press conference on support for vote by mail in Massachusetts and HD 5075, An Act Ensuring Safe and Participatory 2020 State Elections in Response to COVID-19.\r\n\r\n<strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Wednesday, May 20th, starting at 11am. Speakers are expected to give five minutes of remarks, followed by 20 minutes of Q&amp;amp;A from the press. 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