House approves permanent extension of voting reforms

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The House voted 124-34 to pass a new version of the VOTES Act that establishes rules for voting-by-mail in all future state and presidential elections and expands early in-person voting opportunities.

Those voting reforms were deployed during the pandemic to try to keep people safe from the virus, and led to record turnout in the 2020 elections, though MassGOP Chairman Jim Lyons on Thursday called it"an invitation for fraud" that would make it"easier to cheat."

House leaders resisted a push from inside and outside the State House to allow eligible voters to register and vote on the same day, a practice used in at least 20 other states and the District of Columbia. Critics, including some lawmakers, said the opposition came from a desire to protect incumbents from primary challenges.

The Massachusetts Town Clerks Association opposed same-day registration as a"nearly impossible" challenge to implement, butof an amendment to implement election-day registration, which would limit the practice to one day instead of the entire 10-day early voting window before some elections. "Even if a study happens, we're just back where we are today and we start over," Elugardo said, later adding,"The increases in turnout that we're codifying today have been concentrated in communities that don't include people who are Black, indigenous and other people of color."

 

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So MA_Senate needs to vote now? Needs to get it done!!!

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