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ADVISORY: Press Conference 11am TOMORROW/Wednesday, May 20 on Urgency of Passing HD 5075 to Allow Vote by Mail in Fall Elections
Media are invited to attend an online press conference with the Election Modernization Coalition and endorsers of HD 5075. The bill will enable safe, accessible and secure voting in the fall elections and is supported by over 100 Massachusetts organizations.
WHO: Voting rights organizations including Common Cause Massachusetts, MassVOTE, the League of Women Voters, and the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Associate Professor and Chair of the Government Department, Suffolk University.
WHAT: 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.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 20th, starting at 11am. Speakers are expected to give five minutes of remarks, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A from the press. May 20 is 104 days before Primary Day.
WHERE: Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9258425972
Meeting ID: 925 842 5972
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WHY: HD.5075 includes needed reforms for safe and accessible elections and has been endorsed by over 100 organizations since it was filed by Representatives Michael Moran and John Lawn. Lead Senate co-sponsors include Senators Eric Lesser, Adam Hinds, and Harriette Chandler. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/HD5075
More on support for the bill is available here:
https://www.commoncause.org/massachusetts/resource/sign-on-testimony-in-support-of-hd-5075-an-act-ensuring-safe-and-participatory-2020-state-elections-in-response-to-covid-19/
Organizations endorsing HD 5075 include:
Κοινή αιτία Μασαχουσέτη
The ACLU of Massachusetts
The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
MASSPIRG
Μαζική ΨΗΦΟΣ
Πίνακας ψηφοφόρων της Μασαχουσέτης
Δικηγόροι για τα Αστικά Δικαιώματα
1199SEIU Massachusetts
Δράση για Ίδια Κεφάλαια
Alternatives for Community and Environment
American Federation of Teachers-MA
Αμερικανική υπόσχεση
Ξύπνα για Κοινωνική Δικαιοσύνη
Berkshire Democratic Brigades
Συνασπισμός Black Boston COVID19
Black Directors’ Network
Black Economic Justistic Institute
Η Μαύρη Υπουργική Συμμαχία της Μεγάλης Βοστώνης, Inc.
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Boston Ten Point Coalition
Boston Ujima Project
Bridge Action Network for Democracy (BAND)
Burlington Democratic Town Committee
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell, Inc.
Cambridge Area Stronger Together (CAST)
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
Chelsea Collaborative
Chilmark Democratic Town Committee
City Life Vida Urbana
City Mission, Inc.
Clean Water Action MA
Climate Action Now, Western Mass
Συνασπισμός για την Κοινωνική Δικαιοσύνη
Codman Square NDC
Ίδρυμα Δικαίου Διατήρησης
Criminal Justice Reform Task Force of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Democratic Policy Center
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative – DSNI
End Mass Incarceration Together
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Equal Citizens
ForwardMA
Four Freedoms Coalition
Η Κομητεία Φράνκλιν Συνεχίζοντας την Πολιτική Επανάσταση
Freedom House
Σύλλογος γειτονιάς Garrison Trotter
Generation Citizen Massachusetts
Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center Inc.
Greater Boston Section-National Council of Negro Women
Αδιαίρετο Martha's Vineyard
Indivisible Mass Coalition
Indivisible Northampton
Αδιαίρετο εξωτερικό ακρωτήριο
iVOTE
Jetpac
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Συμβούλιο Σχέσεων της Εβραϊκής Κοινότητας της Μεγάλης Βοστώνης
La Comunidad, Inc
Lift+Every+Vote
MA Association of Community Development Corporations
Madison Park Development Corporation
ΧΑΡΤΕΣ-Συμμαχία των Πορτογάλων Ομιλητών της Μασαχουσέτης
March For Our Lives: Massachusetts
Μαζική Συμμαχία Ενοικιαστών HUD
Mass Communities Action Network
Ισότητα Μαζών
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Μασαχουσέτη κατά της απομόνωσης
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Ινστιτούτο Νομικής Μεταρρύθμισης της Μασαχουσέτης
Ειρηνευτική Δράση Μασαχουσέτης
Συνασπισμός Women of Color της Μασαχουσέτης
MASSCcreative
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Ψηφοφορία MIT
NAACP- New England Area Conference
NAACP-Παράρτημα Βοστώνης
National Association of Social Workers, MA Chapter
Γείτονας με Γείτονα Μασαχουσέτη
New England United for Justice
Next Leadership Development Corporation
Ψηφοφορία μη κερδοσκοπικού χαρακτήρα
PHENOM
Planned Parenthood
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Prince Hall Grand Lodge της Μασαχουσέτης
Προοδευτικοί Δημοκρατικοί της Μασαχουσέτης
Progressive For Democracy in America
Προοδευτική Μασαχουσέτη
Έργο ΣΩΣΤΟ
Συμβούλιο Παρόχων- CareVote
Quincy Geneva New Vision CDC
Αναδύεται η φυλετική δικαιοσύνη
Διεκδικήστε ξανά τη Δημοκρατία μας
Right to the City Boston
Rosie's Place
Συμβουλευτικές Υπηρεσίες Shana Bryant
Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter
Small Planet Institute
Somerville Democratic City Committee
Sunrise Movement Boston
The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School
Έργο The Real Cost of Prisons
Ο αγωγός των γυναικών για την αλλαγή
Toxics Action Center
Project Transformative Culture
Ένωση Μειονοτικών Γειτονιών
Ενωτική Οικουμενική Μαζική Δράση
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020
Worcester Interfaith
Νέοι Δημοκρατικοί της Μασαχουσέτης
YWCA Cambridge
YWCA Malden
YWCA Νοτιοανατολική Μασαχουσέτη
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The Election Modernization Coalition is comprised of the ACLU of Massachusetts, Common Cause Massachusetts, the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, MassVOTE, and the Massachusetts Voter Table.