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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:
马萨诸塞州共同事业
The ACLU of Massachusetts
The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
马萨诸塞州
大众投票
马萨诸塞州选民表
民权律师
1199SEIU Massachusetts
公平诉讼
Alternatives for Community and Environment
American Federation of Teachers-MA
美国承诺
为社会正义而崛起
Berkshire Democratic Brigades
波士顿黑人新冠肺炎疫情联盟
Black Directors’ Network
Black Economic Justistic Institute
大波士顿黑人牧师联盟
Boston Democratic Socialists of America
波士顿十点联盟
波士顿宇岛项目
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
城市使命公司
Clean Water Action MA
Climate Action Now, Western Mass
社会正义联盟
科德曼广场NDC
保护法基金会
Criminal Justice Reform Task Force of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
Democratic Policy Center
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative – DSNI
End Mass Incarceration Together
马萨诸塞州环境联盟
Equal Citizens
ForwardMA
Four Freedoms Coalition
富兰克林县继续政治革命
自由之家
加里森·特罗特社区协会
Generation Citizen Massachusetts
大波士顿拿撒勒人慈悲中心有限公司
大波士顿地区-全国黑人妇女理事会
不可分割的玛莎葡萄园
Indivisible Mass Coalition
Indivisible Northampton
不可分割的外斗篷
投票
Jetpac
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
大波士顿犹太社区关系委员会
La Comunidad, Inc
Lift+Every+Vote
MA Association of Community Development Corporations
麦迪逊公园开发公司
MAPS-马萨诸塞州葡萄牙语使用者联盟
March For Our Lives: Massachusetts
HUD租户大规模联盟
Mass Communities Action Network
质量平等
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
马萨诸塞州反对单独监禁
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
麻省法律改革研究所
马萨诸塞州和平行动
马萨诸塞州有色人种妇女联盟
MASSCreative
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
麻省理工投票
NAACP- New England Area Conference
有色人种协进会波士顿分会
National Association of Social Workers, MA Chapter
马萨诸塞州邻里
New England United for Justice
下一代领导力发展公司
非营利投票
PHENOM
Planned Parenthood
普莱森特希尔浸信会
马萨诸塞州普林斯霍尔大旅馆
马萨诸塞州进步民主党
Progressive For Democracy in America
进步马萨诸塞州
项目正确
医疗服务提供者委员会- CareVote
昆西日内瓦新视野疾病预防控制中心
种族正义崛起
恢复我们的民主
Right to the City Boston
罗西之家
Shana Bryant 咨询服务
Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter
小行星研究所
Somerville Democratic City Committee
Sunrise Movement Boston
The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School
监狱项目的真实成本
女性变革渠道
Toxics Action Center
变革文化项目
少数民族社区联盟
一神论普救派群众行动
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020
伍斯特跨信仰
马萨诸塞州青年民主党人
YWCA Cambridge
马尔登基督教女青年会
马萨诸塞州东南部基督教女青年会
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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.