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:
Causa Comum Massachusetts
The ACLU of Massachusetts
A Liga das Eleitoras de Massachusetts
MASSPIRG
Votação em massa
Mesa de eleitores de Massachusetts
Advogados para Direitos Civis
1199SEIU Massachusetts
Ação pela Equidade
Alternatives for Community and Environment
American Federation of Teachers-MA
Promessa Americana
Levante-se pela Justiça Social
Berkshire Democratic Brigades
Coalizão Black Boston COVID19
Black Directors’ Network
Black Economic Justistic Institute
Aliança Ministerial Negra da Grande Boston, Inc.
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Coalizão dos Dez Pontos de Boston
Projeto 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 Colaborativo
Chilmark Democratic Town Committee
City Life Vida Urbana
Missão da Cidade, Inc.
Clean Water Action MA
Climate Action Now, Western Mass
Coalizão pela Justiça Social
Praça Codman NDC
Fundação de Direito da Conservação
Criminal Justice Reform Task Force of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Centro de Política Democrática
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative – DSNI
End Mass Incarceration Together
Liga Ambiental de Massachusetts
Cidadãos Iguais
ForwardMA
Four Freedoms Coalition
Condado de Franklin continua a revolução política
Casa da Liberdade
Associação de Bairro Garrison Trotter
Generation Citizen Massachusetts
Centro Nazareno de Compaixão da Grande Boston Inc.
Seção da Grande Boston - Conselho Nacional de Mulheres Negras
Indivisível Martha's Vineyard
Coalizão de Massa Indivisível
Northampton indivisível
Capa externa indivisível
iVOTE
Jetpac
Aliança Judaica pela Lei e Ação Social
Conselho de Relações Comunitárias Judaicas da Grande Boston
La Comunidad, Inc
Lift+Every+Vote
MA Association of Community Development Corporations
Corporação de Desenvolvimento do Parque Madison
MAPS-Aliança de Falantes de Português de Massachusetts
March For Our Lives: Massachusetts
Aliança em massa de inquilinos do HUD
Mass Communities Action Network
Igualdade em massa
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Massachusetts contra o confinamento solitário
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Instituto de Reforma Jurídica de Massachusetts
Ação pela Paz em Massachusetts
Coalizão de Mulheres de Cor de Massachusetts
MASSACreativa
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Votação do MIT
NAACP- New England Area Conference
Filial da NAACP-Boston
National Association of Social Workers, MA Chapter
Vizinho para vizinho Massachusetts
New England United for Justice
Próxima Corporação de Desenvolvimento de Liderança
Votação sem fins lucrativos
PHENOM
Planned Parenthood
Igreja Batista Pleasant Hill
Prince Hall Grande Loja de Massachusetts
Democratas Progressistas de Massachusetts
Progressive For Democracy in America
Massachusetts progressista
Projeto DIREITO
Conselho de Provedores - CareVote
Quincy Genebra Nova Visão CDC
Justiça Racial em Ascensão
Reivindicar a nossa democracia
Right to the City Boston
Lugar da Rosie
Serviços de consultoria de Shana Bryant
Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter
Instituto Pequeno Planeta
Somerville Democratic City Committee
Sunrise Movement Boston
The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School
O Projeto Custo Real das Prisões
O Canal das Mulheres para a Mudança
Toxics Action Center
Projeto Cultura Transformadora
União dos Bairros Minoritários
Ação de massa unitária universalista
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020
Worcester Inter-religioso
Jovens Democratas de Massachusetts
YWCA Cambridge
YWCA Malden
YWCA Sudeste de 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.

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