Massachusetts voters could both register to vote and cast a ballot on election day, under legislation proposed by the secretary of state. “Allowing voters to register on Election Day is the next step in our successful effort to expand access to the ballot,” Secretary of State William Galvin said in a statement Thursday. Galvin’s bill — which joins similar measures at the Legislature — would allow so-called same-day registration to start in 2019, before the 2020 presidential election. “Over the past few years, my office has worked to bring online voter registration, pre-registration, and early voting to Massachusetts,” Galvin added. “This is yet another way to make it easier to cast a ballot for any eligible citizen who wants to vote.”
Currently, Massachusetts voters must be registered at least 20 days before an election in order to cast a ballot. A superior court judge in July ruled that the 20-day cutoff was unconstitutional. The state is appealing the court ruling.
More than a dozen states have election-day registration, which research has shown to increase turnout.
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