Communiqué de presse
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:
Cause commune Massachusetts
The ACLU of Massachusetts
La Ligue des électrices du Massachusetts
MASSPIRG
Vote en masse
Tableau des électeurs du Massachusetts
Avocats pour les droits civiques
1199SEIU Massachusetts
Action pour l'équité
Alternatives for Community and Environment
American Federation of Teachers-MA
La promesse américaine
Levons-nous pour la justice sociale
Berkshire Democratic Brigades
Coalition COVID19 des Noirs de Boston
Black Directors’ Network
Black Economic Justistic Institute
Alliance ministérielle noire du Grand Boston, Inc.
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Coalition des dix points de Boston
Projet Ujima de Boston
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 Collaboratif
Chilmark Democratic Town Committee
City Life Vida Urbana
Mission de la Ville, Inc.
Clean Water Action MA
Climate Action Now, Western Mass
Coalition pour la justice sociale
Place Codman NDC
Fondation pour le droit de la conservation
Criminal Justice Reform Task Force of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Centre de politique démocratique
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative – DSNI
End Mass Incarceration Together
Ligue environnementale du Massachusetts
Citoyens égaux
ForwardMA
Four Freedoms Coalition
Le comté de Franklin poursuit sa révolution politique
Maison de la liberté
Association de quartier Garrison Trotter
Generation Citizen Massachusetts
Centre de compassion nazaréen du Grand Boston Inc.
Section du Grand Boston - Conseil national des femmes noires
L'indivisible Martha's Vineyard
Coalition de masse indivisible
Northampton indivisible
Cape extérieure indivisible
iVOTE
Jetpac
Alliance juive pour le droit et l'action sociale
Conseil des relations avec la communauté juive du Grand Boston
La Comunidad, Inc
Lift+Every+Vote
MA Association of Community Development Corporations
Société de développement du parc Madison
MAPS-Alliance des lusophones du Massachusetts
March For Our Lives: Massachusetts
Alliance de masse des locataires du HUD
Mass Communities Action Network
Égalité des masses
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Le Massachusetts contre l'isolement cellulaire
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Institut de réforme du droit du Massachusetts
Action pour la paix dans le Massachusetts
Coalition des femmes de couleur du Massachusetts
MASScréatif
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
vote du MIT
NAACP- New England Area Conference
Section de Boston de la NAACP
National Association of Social Workers, MA Chapter
De voisin à voisin Massachusetts
New England United for Justice
Prochaine société de développement du leadership
Vote à but non lucratif
PHENOM
Planned Parenthood
Église baptiste de Pleasant Hill
Prince Hall Grande Loge du Massachusetts
Démocrates progressistes du Massachusetts
Progressive For Democracy in America
Massachusetts progressiste
Projet DROIT
Conseil des prestataires de services - CareVote
Quincy Genève Nouvelle Vision CDC
La justice raciale en plein essor
Réclamons notre démocratie
Right to the City Boston
Chez Rosie
Services de consultation de Shana Bryant
Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter
Institut des petites planètes
Somerville Democratic City Committee
Sunrise Movement Boston
The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School
Projet sur le coût réel des prisons
Le pipeline des femmes pour le changement
Toxics Action Center
Projet de culture transformatrice
Union des quartiers minoritaires
Action de masse des unitariens universalistes
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020
Association interreligieuse de Worcester
Jeunes démocrates du Massachusetts
YWCA Cambridge
YWCA Malden
YWCA du sud-est du Massachusetts
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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.