TheHappyVampire
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Automatic voter registration (AVR), vote-by-mail, ranked-choice voting, ect. This is a thread about the on-going pursuit to improve the elections in the United States of America. Making voting fair, inclusive, and easy for the American people.
Mass. governor signs automatic voter registration bill into law
Mass. governor signs automatic voter registration bill into law
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) has signed the automatic voter registration bill into law and it will go into effect on January 1, 2020. The bill went through 134-16 in the House and 36-0 in the Senate. Automatic voter registration allows public facilities to automatically register a qualified participant for voting.Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed into law Thursday a bill that would automatically register state residents to vote when they make transactions at the state's Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) or through the state Medicaid program, MassHealth.
The office of the secretary of the Commonwealth tweeted Thursday that state officials would begin making preparations immediately for the law's provisions, which go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
"Our office will begin preparations for automatic voter registration immediately," the office tweeted, thanking several organizations including the state's branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which backed the bill.
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