Today, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed the 让 RI 投票表决 into law. The changes will be in effect for the 2022 election.

“Today Governor McKee signs into law the most sweeping reform to our elections in a generation,” said Marcela Betancur, spokesperson for the Let RI Vote campaign and Executive Director of the Latino Policy Institute. “The Let RI Vote Act will make voting more accessible for thousands of Rhode Island voters, including those with disabilities and language barriers, while also making our elections more secure.”

The Let RI Vote Act improves Rhode Island elections in ways that will make voting more accessible for eligible voters while modernizing processes to make our elections more secure. The Act removes the requirement that mail ballots be accompanied by the signatures of two witnesses or a notary public and requires all municipalities to provide secure mail ballot drop boxes; these practices were used successfully during three statewide elections in 2020. It also requires the state to create a secure online mail ballot application system, conduct more frequent voter roll cleanup, provide a multilingual voter hotline, and shorten the deadline for voters to request a braille ballot, among other improvements. The law finally recognizes that the in-person emergency mail ballot process is called ‘early voting’, which was an incredibly popular option for voters in 2020. 

A coalition of more than 40 community organizations supported the Let RI Vote Act, and the groups’ members sent over 30,000 letters to legislators in support of the measure. It is one the largest grassroots mobilizations for voting rights in modern Rhode Island history.

罗德岛州正在扩大选民的投票权，尽管许多其他州正在通过反选民法案。去年，至少 19 个州通过了限制访问的法律 投票——以及 目前有 40 个州正在等待立法 这将限制选民的权利或者干扰选举管理。

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The Let RI Vote campaign is a project of the Rhode Island Voter Access Coalition.

支持此项目的组织包括：

美国退休人员协会罗德岛分会 ⋄ 罗德岛美国公民自由联盟 ⋄ 罗德岛东南亚教育联盟 (ARISE) ⋄ 布朗选票 ⋄ 罗德岛清洁水行动 ⋄ 罗德岛州大学民主党 ⋄ 罗德岛共同事业 ⋄ 布朗大学的每一张选票都很重要 ⋄ 罗德岛州前囚犯联盟 ⋄ 罗德岛住房网络 ⋄ 罗杰威廉姆斯大学拉丁裔政策研究所 ⋄ 罗德岛妇女选民联盟 ⋄ 全国有色人种协进会普罗维登斯分会 ⋄ 全国犹太妇女理事会、RI 行动小组 ⋄ 罗德岛州全国教育协会 (NEARI) ⋄ 全国妇女组织罗德岛分会 ⋄ 新英格兰南部计划生育协会 ⋄ Delta Sigma Theta 姐妹会普罗维登斯校友分会 ⋄ 代表我们 ⋄ 罗德岛州劳工联合会和产业工会联合会 ⋄ 罗德岛木匠工会 ⋄ 罗德岛反家庭暴力联盟 ⋄ 罗德岛反枪支暴力联盟 ⋄ 罗德岛消除无家可归者联盟 ⋄ 罗德岛人权委员会 ⋄ 罗德岛州民主党妇女核心小组 ⋄ 罗德岛州发育障碍委员会 ⋄ 罗德岛拉丁裔政治行动委员会 ⋄ 罗德岛服务雇员国际工会 (SEIU) ⋄ 罗德岛工作家庭党 ⋄ 从一开始就开展活动 ⋄ RI 跨信仰联盟减少贫困 ⋄ 全国居家投票研究所 ⋄ 全美汽车工人联合会 9A 区 ⋄ 女性计划 ⋄ 罗德岛妇女基金会