Take That, Texas!

For John, BLUF:  there are positive reasons for doing things.  Doing it for spite is not a positive reason.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Pandemic-Era Voting Reforms Made Permanent In Senate Bill

From State House News Service, by Reporter Chris Lisinski, 30 September 2021, 4:38 PM.

Here is the lede:

Just more than two months before COVID-era voting provisions are set to expire, the Senate will debate an elections reform bill next week that would make mail-in voting and expanded early voting permanent options and align Massachusetts with more than 20 other states that allow same-day voter registration, a change that might meet resistance from the governor.

I found this interesting extract at MASSterList:

Senate leadership unveiled the bill last week, heralding it as a way to push back against more restrictive laws passed in other parts of the country.

"Take that, Texas!"  Massachusetts will make its voting a little less secure just to spite you.

I would be a lot more impressed with Beacon Hill if they passed an ID to Vote bill.  Yes, we should make voting easy for our Citizen, but 3we should be sure the voters are Citizens.♠ 

Hat tip to the MASSterLisgt.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  An example of what we should be doing is providing convenient polling places.  For exapple, Lowell's District 4, the Bow Tie district, because of configurtion, could use three polling locations, at least one north of the Merrimack River.