Massachusetts Universal Voting Restoration

[hermionesviolin]

For anyone registered to vote in Massachusetts -- you can sign up to get reminded when it's time to officially sign papers to put on the Massachusetts ballot a measure to repeal the Massachusetts constitutional amendment that took the right to vote away from people serving felony sentences.

From an email from Progressive Mass:

Unlock Democracy in Massachusetts

In 2000, Massachusetts passed a constitutional amendment that took away voting rights from people incarcerated for a felony conviction. This stripping of rights was in response to political organizing happening in prison. The Empowering Descendant Communities to Unlock Democracy project and allies aim to get voting rights restoration on the statewide ballot. If you are a registered voter in Massachusetts, please take a minute to fill out our pledge form now: https://tinyurl.com/uvrpledge. Once the Attorney General approves the language, organizers will reach out to those who filled out the pledge with dates/locations for nearby signature collection efforts.

The EDC to Unlock Democracy is is committed to ensuring that democracy does not stop at prisons and jails in Massachusetts. It is a collaborative project between the Democracy Behind Bars Coalition, the African American Coalition Committee at MCI-Norfolk, Healing our Land, Inc., and more. To get in touch email EDCtoUnlockDemocracyMA@gmail.com.

Comments

[lauradi7dw]

Thanks. I signed up, but I don't believe this line one bit
>>Your information will not be shared outside of this campaign, and will be used only to follow up with you for your signature.<<

[hermionesviolin]

Understandable. I have a lot more confidence in small orgs to only use my contact info for stuff pretty directly related to their Issue than I do, like, any candidate I donate to via ActBlue, but I haven't actually tested this. (In theory, if one owns a domain, one could create a different throwaway email address for each thing one signs up for, and see what other emails one starts getting at, e.g., EDCpetition@myname.gay -- a made-up domain, to be clear, not a domain I own.)

[beatrice_otter]

Can I copy this to my DW?

[hermionesviolin]

Sure thing. Most of the post isn't original to me in the first place, and I'm happy for the info to be spread around.

[beatrice_otter]

Thank you!

[hermionesviolin]

You're welcome. Thanks for sharing it!

[minoanmiss]

Thank you for this.