Tell Lawmakers: Support the VOTES Act

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In 2020, Massachusetts passed several temporary measures to protect voting rights and strengthen our elections during the pandemic. These measures included highly successful expansions to vote-by-mail and early in-person voting. The VOTES Act would make these measures permanent.

But the VOTES Act is much more than that. It would further strengthen free and fair elections in the Commonwealth by adding same day registration, risk-limiting audits, and jail-based voting reforms. We need lawmakers to support all of these measures.

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As your constituent, I urge you to support the VOTES Act (H.805/S.459), filed by Representative Lawn and Senator Creem, in its entirety.

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On Wednesday, May 19, the Joint Committee on Election Laws held a public hearing on this key piece of legislation. As we heard from several experts, advocates, and community leaders, the VOTES Act would remove barriers to ballot access, strengthen security and trust in our elections, and protect the right to vote across the entire Commonwealth.

I am asking you to urge your colleagues, including those in leadership, to prioritize passing the VOTES Act — without watering the bill down. Here’s why:

As you probably know, the VOTES Act would make permanent several of the highly successful election protection measures introduced during the pandemic, including expansions to vote-by-mail and early in-person voting. But while these measures are necessary, they won’t be sufficient to remove longstanding barriers to ballot access that predate the pandemic.

The VOTES Act would also implement essential new measures that would ensure free, fair, and equitable elections in the Commonwealth, including same day registration and jail-based voting reforms. Without these reforms, Massachusetts will not be doing all that we can to ensure that every eligible voter can actually cast a ballot in practice. This is why I urge you to support the VOTES Act in its entirety. Given the threats our democracy has faced this past year, Massachusetts must do everything it can to protect voting rights in the next election.

Please prioritize passing the VOTES Act swiftly this session.

Sincerely,

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Tell Lawmakers: Support the VOTES Act

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