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Gun Ban at Polling Places Means “Voters Can Cast a Ballot Without Fear”
On Wednesday, the House and Senate budget conference committee released a compromise bill to improve gun safety in Massachusetts.
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Common Cause Taps Long-time Massachusetts Director Pam Wilmot for Nationwide Leadership Role
The nonpartisan good government watchdog Common Cause is promoting long-time Common Cause Massachusetts Executive Director Pam Wilmot to be Vice President of State Operations.
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Secretary of the Commonwealth Begins Mailing Ballot Applications In Response to Lawsuit Filed By Minority Voters and Voting Rights Advocates
Court Orders Update Next Wednesday
Following an emergency petition filed in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by seven Black, Latinx, and Asian-American voters, Common Cause Massachusetts, and MassVOTE, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Galvin has started sending mail-in ballot applications to voters.
Following an emergency petition filed in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by seven Black, Latinx, and Asian-American voters, Common Cause Massachusetts, and MassVOTE, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Galvin has started sending mail-in ballot applications to voters.
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BREAKING: Minority Voters and Voting Rights Advocates Sue Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin Over Refusal to Send Mail-In Ballot Applications
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“The Massachusetts Legislature just adopted a critical election reform package that will help ensure that no citizen has to choose between their health and their right to vote,” said Pam Wilmot, Executive Director of Common Cause which has fought hard for the bill. “The bill embodies best practices from across the country and will help our election system cope with the unprecedented threat of COVID-19.”
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NBC10 Boston: What to Know About the New Voting Options in Mass.
Pam Wilmot of Common Cause Massachusetts, which advocates for expanded voting access, said of the new regulations, “There’s a lot of steps both for voters and for clerks.”
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RELEASE: Voting Rights Advocates and 80+ Organizations Urge Governor Baker to Sign Elections Bill Immediately
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BREAKING: Voting Rights Advocates Support Elections Bill; Urge Governor Baker to Sign Immediately
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The Berkshire Eagle: Priority in Mass. vote-by-mail bill: Improving the mail itself
Common Cause Massachusetts Executive Director Pam Wilmot said that while she believes mailing ballots to all would be the "most efficient system," she recognizes the barriers to setting it up in time this year.
"We've heretofore done very little voting by mail, and the sort of transition to a full mail system is something that typically takes many, many years," she said. "We certainly are pushing for this reform in many places, but politics is the art of the possible."
"We've heretofore done very little voting by mail, and the sort of transition to a full mail system is something that typically takes many, many years," she said. "We certainly are pushing for this reform in many places, but politics is the art of the possible."
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Voting Rights Advocates Applaud Bill Passed by Senate; Urge Swift Action
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The Daily News: Mass. Senate set to expand on voting by mail
"With those changes, this bill will ensure that Bay Staters -- who may otherwise have been prevented from casting a ballot by the coronavirus pandemic -- can exercise their fundamental right to participate in our democracy," said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts.
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Masslive: Massachusetts Senate passes bill to expand voting options for 2020 elections in light of coronavirus
Prior to Tuesday’s session, Common Cause Massachusetts and more than 80 organizations, including ACLU and MassPIRG, threw their support behind three amendments filed by Sens. Jo Comerford, Adam Hinds, and Eric Lesser dealing with an online portal to request ballots, postmarking ballots to ensure they are properly counted, and extending the deadline to request mail-in or absentee ballots to the Friday before Election Day. All three were adopted during Tuesday’s session.
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80+ Massachusetts Organizations Urge Adoption of Three Election Bill Amendments Ahead of Tuesday Vote