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The Recorder - Area legislators show support for federal bill ensuring voting rights

Area legislators show support for federal bill ensuring voting rights >Published: 8/3/2021 9:38:36 PM Massachusetts legislators have joined a nationwide call to pass a bill intended to ensure baseline voting rights across all states. Seventy-four state legislators, including state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and state Rep. Mindy Domb, D-Amherst, who led the effort in Massachusetts, signed a letter urging Congress to pass the legislation, called the For the People Act. The legislation “establishes one standard of voting rights nationally,” Comerford said, “so it doesn’t leave voting rights out of states where they are indeed under attack.” Among numerous stipulations, the bill would create requirements to modernize the voter registration process; provide accessible voting for people with disabilities; require 15 days of early voting for federal elections; and establish penalties for people found guilty of voter suppression or intimidation a measure that Com

Area legislators show support for federal bill ensuring voting rights

Area legislators show support for federal bill ensuring voting rights >Published: 8/3/2021 8:46:35 PM Massachusetts legislators have joined a nationwide call to pass a bill intended to ensure baseline voting rights across all states. Seventy-four state legislators, including state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and state Rep. Mindy Domb, D-Amherst, who led the effort in Massachusetts, signed a letter urging Congress to pass the legislation, called the For the People Act. The legislation “establishes one standard of voting rights nationally,” Comerford said, “so it doesn’t leave voting rights out of states where they are indeed under attack.” Among numerous stipulations, the bill would create requirements to modernize the voter registration process; provide accessible voting for people with disabilities; require 15 days of early voting for federal elections; and establish penalties for people found guilty of voter suppression or intimidation a measure that Come

Officials discuss challenges to end Routes 5&10 flooding in Deerfield

Officials discuss challenges to end Routes 5&10 flooding in Deerfield >Deerfield Highway Superintendent Kevin Scarborough, center, gestures across the road from Richardson’s Candy Kitchen on Monday to where the stream that drains the area has risen due to debris. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ >The stream across Routes 5 and 10 from Richardson’s Candy Kitchen is running just below the level of the highway in Deerfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ >Local and state officials meet with business and property owners in the parking lot of Richardson’s Candy Kitchen in Deerfield on Monday to discuss solutions to the repeated flooding in the area. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Athol Daily News - Area legislators show support for federal bill ensuring voting rights

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