Voting rights advocates in Massachusetts are pushing a compromise on same-day registration in a final reform bill.
Members of the Election Modernization Coalition held a press conference outside the State House Monday afternoon to announce support for Election Day registration. This is a form of same-day registration that would allow people to register to vote on Election Day, but not on early-voting days.
Election reform bills passed by the Senate and the House both included permanent vote-by-mail and expanded early-voting. The House version rejected same-day registration.
A conference committee is now working on a final bill.
WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Janet Domenitz of MassPIRG, one of voting reform advocates at Monday’s press conference.
