Coronavirus pandemic prompts Massachusetts lawmakers to file vote-by-mail bills

[RandySF]

he latest Beacon Hill bills created in response to the coronavirus pandemic would allow early voting by mail ahead of the state primary and general elections if the state of emergency remains in effect.

Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem’s bill, S.D. 2911, would enable a voter could ask a local election official for a mail-in ballot as an early voter due to COVID-19. Under the bill, all early voting ballots would need to be received by the town clerk before polls close on Election Day.

“It is critical that we not make people choose between their health and exercising their right to vote,” said Creem, a Newton Democrat.

The bill will likely be referred to the Committee on Election Laws, Creem said.



https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-prompts-massachusetts-lawmakers-to-file-vote-by-mail-bill.html

[smirkymonkey]

1. Hear, hear!

This is why I love my state! We have such great, progressive lawmakers.