Will Automatic Voter Registration Increase Turnout?
8/18: Massachusetts' new automatic voter registration law is causing officials to question whether the policy will improve voter turnout.
8/18: Massachusetts' new automatic voter registration law is causing officials to question whether the policy will improve voter turnout.
8/9: Secretary of State William Galvin announced that Massachusetts will adopt Automatic Voter Registration by 2020.
7/13: Governor Charlie Baker says the Registry of Motor Vehicles is prepared to handle the state's automatic voter registration law.
7/12: A bill for automatic voter registration has passed the Massachusetts State Senate.
7/10: The Boston City Council is considering granting noncitizens living in the city the right to vote.
7/2: A court in Massachusetts has declared the state's voter registration cut off, 20 days before the election, is constitutional.
6/11: Common Cause Massachusetts, the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, ACLU Massachusetts, and MassPIRG are pressuring the state legislature for an automatic voter registration bill.
6/4: An illegal immigrant heroin trafficker was a registered Democrat in the state of Massachusetts before he was murdered.
3/7: The Massachusetts house is considering a bill to automatically register voters.
1/31: Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would create an automatic voter registration to make elections more accurate and inclusive.