By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service
February 17, 2021
Chris Lisinski, State House News Service
A group of lawmakers will work in the coming weeks to extend COVID-era elections reforms so that they cover this spring’s municipal elections, then turn their attention toward securing a permanent overhaul to the state’s voting system.
A bill that Rep. John Lawn and Sen. Cynthia Creem touted last week has many broad similarities to a recommendation Secretary of State William Galvin made a day earlier. Both would enshrine mail-in and early voting policies and authorize same-day voter registration in Massachusetts.
While they work to build consensus on tackling the long-term proposal, Lawn and Creem said they will also seek action in the short term to ensure that voters can continue to cast ballots by mail and that cities and towns can open early-voting periods in upcoming local elections.