{"id":224,"date":"2022-01-26T18:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/election-modernization-coalition-statement-on-same-day-registration\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T18:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:23:58","slug":"election-modernization-coalition-statement-on-same-day-registration","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/election-modernization-coalition-statement-on-same-day-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Modernization Coalition Statement on Same-Day Registration"},"template":"","class_list":["post-224","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The bill that\u2019s coming to the floor only got to the red zone, because a key provision \u2013 Same-Day Voter Registration \u2013 was dropped in Committee.\u00a0To score a touchdown for the people of the Commonwealth, legislators need to support an amendment that puts same day registration back into the bill.","featured_image":6117,"press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7814}"],"related_issues":[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":"The Election Modernization Coalition is grateful to the leadership of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for scheduling a vote on the VOTES Act for Thursday, Jan 27. 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