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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Voting Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on HD 5075, a Bill Supported by Over 100 Organizations to Safeguard Fall Elections

“We support this bill because it is based on evidence and best practices from other states,” says Pam Wilmot of Common Cause Massachusetts. “It is comprehensive, and includes reforms that consider the needs of voters, but also of local elections officials who no matter what happens will be faced with a surge of absentee ballots and very different elections than in years past. One clear lesson learned from other states is that the necessary reforms will take all the time we have to implement, which is why we urge the Joint Committee on Election Laws to act quickly to move this critical bill.”

Voting rights organizations including Common Cause Massachusetts, MassVOTE, the League of Women Voters, and the ACLU of Massachusetts testified before the Joint Committee on Election Laws today in support of HD 5075, An Act Ensuring Safe and Participatory 2020 State Elections in Response to COVID-19. They called for the Committee to act quickly to support the bill.

HD 5075 – filed by Representatives Michael Moran and John Lawn – has been endorsed by over 100 organizations in Massachusetts, as of Thursday afternoon. More endorsements are pending.

During the hearing, supporters of HD.5075 testified that the bill will help ensure safe, participatory, and accessible elections during COVID-19, and also help protect the ability of local elections officials to manage a transition to a primarily vote-by-mail election. With the September elections only three months away and general elections, five, the advocates argued that in order for Massachusetts elections infrastructure to be able to handle the necessary changes, the committee and State House must act quickly.

“We support this bill because it is based on evidence and best practices from other states,” says Pam Wilmot of Common Cause Massachusetts. “It is comprehensive, and includes reforms that consider the needs of voters, but also of local elections officials who no matter what happens will be faced with a surge of absentee ballots and very different elections than in years past. One clear lesson learned from other states is that the necessary reforms will take all the time we have to implement, which is why we urge the Joint Committee on Election Laws to act quickly to move this critical bill.”

“Elections matter,” says Rahsaan Hall, racial justice program director at the ACLU of Massachusetts. “And this particular election will not only be impacted by COVID-19, but its results will determine the leaders who will govern as our country rebuilds. We need to take immediate, aggressive action to protect and facilitate the vote this fall – by mail, in person, and in safety – in order to safeguard the ballot for everyone and avoid exacerbating systemic inequalities that particularly impact communities of color.”

Says Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, MassVOTE ના એક્ઝિક્યુટિવ ડિરેક્ટર, “Through our testimony, we strived to make one thing clear: HD.5075 is the best chance Massachusetts has to adequately brace our elections for COVID19. This includes vote-by-mail; this includes expanded early voting; this includes personal protective equipment for poll workers. We know what needs to be done, so let’s do it.”

“Every voter deserves to cast a vote safely. We will work hard to ensure that voters with limited English proficiency can access multilingual materials for voting from the safety of their homes, as required by this bill,” says બેથ હુઆંગ, મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ વોટર ટેબલના ડિરેક્ટર, સામુદાયિક સંસ્થાઓનું ગઠબંધન.

“It is critical that our fall elections are carried out in a way that assures voters and election workers can participate safely and that affirms the public’s trust in the outcome,” says પેટ્રિશિયા કમ્ફર્ટ, એક્ઝિક્યુટિવ ડિરેક્ટર, મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સની મહિલા મતદારોની લીગ. “There is going to be a large increase in absentee ballots. We must make sure they can be handled in a way that does not cause massive disruption. Sending voters a ballot before the November election without requiring an application will help tremendously.”

“As the saying goes, in crisis there is danger and there is opportunity. This bill seizes an opportunity to make our elections fairer and safer in 2020,” says જેનેટ ડોમેનિટ્ઝ, MASSPIRG ના એક્ઝિક્યુટિવ ડિરેક્ટર.

“HD5070 lays out a clear path forward to safely enable the voters of the Commonwealth, particularly those most disenfranchised by barriers to voting, to fully participate in our democracy despite the challenges caused by the COVID-19 health crisis,” says Sophia Hall, Supervising Attorney at Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston.

 

Organizations endorsing HD 5075 include:
સામાન્ય કારણ મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ
ACLU of Massachusetts
માસસ્પિરગ
માસવોટ
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ મતદાર કોષ્ટક
નાગરિક અધિકારો માટે વકીલો
1199SEIU Massachusetts
ઇક્વિટી માટે ક્રિયા
Alternatives for Community and Environment
American Federation of Teachers-MA
અમેરિકન વચન
સામાજિક ન્યાય માટે ઉભા થાઓ
Berkshire Democratic Brigades
Black Directors’ Network
Black Economic Justistic Institute
ગ્રેટર બોસ્ટન, ઇન્કનું બ્લેક મિનિસ્ટરિયલ એલાયન્સ.
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
બોસ્ટન ટેન પોઈન્ટ ગઠબંધન
બોસ્ટન ઉજીમા પ્રોજેક્ટ
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
Chilmark Democratic Town Committee
City Life Vida Urbana
સિટી મિશન, Inc.
Clean Water Action MA
Coaltion for Social Justice
કોડમેન સ્ક્વેર એનડીસી
સંરક્ષણ કાયદો ફાઉન્ડેશન
Criminal Justice Reform Task Force of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative – DSNI
End Mass Incarceration Together
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સની પર્યાવરણીય લીગ
સમાન નાગરિકો
ForwardMA
Four Freedoms Coalition
ફ્રેન્કલિન કાઉન્ટી સતત રાજકીય ક્રાંતિ
ગેરીસન ટ્રોટર નેબરહુડ એસોસિએશન
Generation Citizen Massachusetts
ગ્રેટર બોસ્ટન નઝારેન કમ્પેશનેટ સેન્ટર ઇન્ક.
ગ્રેટર બોસ્ટન સેક્શન-નેગ્રો વુમનની નેશનલ કાઉન્સિલ
અવિભાજ્ય માર્થાની વાઇનયાર્ડ
અવિભાજ્ય નોર્થમ્પ્ટન
અવિભાજ્ય બાહ્ય કેપ
iVOTE
Jetpac
કાયદો અને સામાજિક ક્રિયા માટે યહૂદી જોડાણ
યહૂદી સમુદાય સંબંધો કાઉન્સિલ ઓફ ગ્રેટર બોસ્ટન
La Comunidad, Inc
Lift+Every+Vote
MA Association of Community Development Corporations
MAPS-મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ એલાયન્સ ઓફ પોર્ટુગીઝ સ્પીકર્સ
March For Our Lives: Massachusetts
HUD ભાડૂતોનું માસ જોડાણ
Mass Communities Action Network
સામૂહિક સમાનતા
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ કાયદો સુધારણા સંસ્થા
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ પીસ એક્શન
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ વુમન ઓફ કલર કોલિશન
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
MITvote
NAACP-બોસ્ટન શાખા
National Association of Social Workers, MA Chapter
નેબર થી નેબર મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ
New England United for Justice
નેક્સ્ટ લીડરશીપ ડેવલપમેન્ટ કોર્પોરેશન
બિનનફાકારક મત
PHENOM
Planned Parenthood
પ્લેઝન્ટ હિલ બેપ્ટિસ્ટ ચર્ચ
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સનો પ્રિન્સ હોલ ગ્રાન્ડ લોજ
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સના પ્રગતિશીલ ડેમોક્રેટ્સ
Progressive For Democracy in America
પ્રગતિશીલ મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ
પ્રોજેક્ટ રાઇટ
પ્રોવાઈડર્સ કાઉન્સિલ- કેરવોટ
ક્વિન્સી જીનીવા ન્યૂ વિઝન સીડીસી
વંશીય ન્યાય રાઇઝિંગ
અમારી લોકશાહીનો ફરી દાવો કરો
Right to the City Boston
રોઝીનું સ્થાન
Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter
નાના પ્લેનેટ સંસ્થા
Somerville Democratic City Committee
Sunrise Movement Boston
The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School
જેલ પ્રોજેક્ટની વાસ્તવિક કિંમત
પરિવર્તન માટે મહિલા પાઇપલાઇન
Toxics Action Center
ટ્રાન્સફોર્મેટિવ કલ્ચર પ્રોજેક્ટ
લઘુમતી પડોશીઓનું સંઘ
યુનિટેરિયન યુનિવર્સલિસ્ટ માસ એક્શન
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020
વર્સેસ્ટર ઇન્ટરફેઇથ
મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સના યંગ ડેમોક્રેટ્સ
YWCA Cambridge
YWCA Malden
YWCA દક્ષિણપૂર્વ મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ

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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.

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