Secretary William Galvin. (Sam Doran/SHNS)
After seeing how voting by mail helped lead to a record number of voters casting ballots in the 2020 election, Secretary of State William Galvin said Tuesday he would file legislation this month to make the option a permanent fixture of the Massachusetts voting system.
Galvin said his bill would also expand in-person early voting and implement same-day voter registration in Massachusetts, allowing eligible voters who need to register or update their voting information to do so at the polls on Election Day before casting their ballot.
Currently, voters must be registered at least 20 days before Election Day in order to vote. Galvin s bill would let anyone who missed the deadline to register on Election Day at the polls, but not during the intervening period, and voters would not be permitted to change party affiliation on the day of the primary.
Galvin Proposes Permanent Mail-In, Early Voting in Mass. Secretary of State William Galvin said Tuesday he would file legislation this month to make the option a permanent fixture of the Massachusetts voting system. By State House News Service •
Published February 10, 2021
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After seeing how voting by mail helped lead to a record number of voters casting ballots in the 2020 election, Secretary of State William Galvin said Tuesday he would file legislation this month to make the option a permanent fixture of the Massachusetts voting system.
Galvin said his bill would also expand in-person early voting and implement same-day voter registration in Massachusetts, allowing eligible voters who need to register or update their voting information to do so at the polls on Election Day before casting their ballot.
State House Roundup: Vaccine site delivers headaches
Matt Murphy
BOSTON - Sweet dreams are not made of weeks like these. In fact, for a technocrat like Gov. Charlie Baker, they can be the stuff of nightmares.
The logistics of trying to vaccinate at least 4 million people as fast as humanly possible is no easy feat. Layer on top of that the fact that there s not nearly enough vaccine to go around, and it s a recipe for restless nights.
But political leaders often deal with things out of their control by managing expectations. And last week, that s where things started to break down.
Special to the Journal
Former Revere City Council President Catherine Belinfante-Penn has endorsed Juan Jaramillo, a lifelong resident of Revere, for State Representative for the 19th Suffolk District, which encompasses the communities of Revere and Winthrop. Belinfante-Penn was elected in 1981 to represent Ward 2, where Juan grew up and lives today and went on to serve as the council’s President. Belinfante-Penn, daughter of the late Councilor Charles Belinfante, served four terms before returning to her passion as an educator in the Revere Public School system.
Councilor Belinfante-Penn, the first of only two women in Revere’s history to ever serve as Council President, enthusiastically endorsed Juan saying, “Juan is incredibly hard working and knows how to deliver for our city and for this district. We are neighbors and he was the first to offer aid to everyone in our building when the pandemic hit the state in early 2020.”
The last of the big vetoes were handed down Friday when Baker, while signing a $16.5 billion transportation bond bill, hacked off a series of proposals.