MASSACHUSETTS: It's time to consider ALL options to increase voter participation.
The MASS GOP challenged the constitutionality of MAIL IN BALLOTS and lost in the SJC ruling.
It's time to consider ALL options to increase voter participation.
It's time to consider ALL options to increase voter participation.
2020 ELECTION RESULTS:
In 2020, voters had 3 options to cast their ballots: in person on Election Day, in person during the early voting period, or by mail. Below is a statewide breakdown of the methods used to cast ballots in the November 3, 2020 election.
Mail – 1,524,630 (41.7%)
Early – 843,970 (23.1%)
Election Day – 1,289,372 (35.2%)
Total Ballots Cast – 3,657,972
excerpt:
In June, the Legislature passed, and Gov. Charlie Baker signed, a law that authorizes early voting by mail for any voter without an excuse in all state elections, starting this year. Early voting by mail was first authorized as an emergency measure in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and voting rights advocates pointed to high turnout in the 2020 elections in urging lawmakers to adopt voting by mail permanently. But the Massachusetts Republican Party and other opponents worried that mail-in voting would be less secure and raised a host of other concerns.
Republican Party Chair Jim Lyons and other GOP activists sued, arguing that the new law is unconstitutional.
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