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The Coalition is pleased to see that 64% of registered voters also support permanent vote by mail.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nMassachusetts voters are giving a clear sign to the legislature that now is the time to make our democracy stronger by passing the VOTES Act, legislation that includes Same Day Voter Registration, vote by mail, expanded early voting, jail-based voting, and other critical reforms. The bill, which passed the Senate in October and is pending in the House Committee on Ways and Means,\u00a0 has 83 cosponsors in the House and earned early support from the Joint Committee on Election Laws.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe Election Modernization Coalition is made up of the ACLU of Massachusetts, Common Cause MA, Lawyers for Civil Rights, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts , Massachusetts\u00a0 Voter Table, MASSPIRG, and MassVOTE.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUMass Amherst Poll: <\/span>https:\/\/polsci.umass.edu\/toplines-and-crosstabs-november-2021-midterm-election-and-ballot-initiatives<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nSame Day Voter Registration is the most popular election reform proposal in Massachusetts - 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\/press-releases\/same-day-voter-registration-is-the-most-popular-election-reform-proposal-in-massachusetts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Same Day Voter Registration is the most popular election reform proposal in Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/same-day-voter-registration-is-the-most-popular-election-reform-proposal-in-massachusetts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\/same-day-voter-registration-is-the-most-popular-election-reform-proposal-in-massachusetts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/same-day-voter-registration-is-the-most-popular-election-reform-proposal-in-massachusetts\/\",\"name\":\"Same Day Voter Registration is the most popular election reform proposal in Massachusetts - 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