Stan Rosenberg: Senate To Take Up Automatic Voter Registration

If you forgot to register to vote in time for election day — Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg has some news for you.

The senate is ready to take up a proposal for automatic voter registration, Rosenberg told Boston Public Radio Tuesday.

The effort would modernize the voting process, Rosenberg said, and increase registration rates by automatically registering the state’s 700,000 eligible citizens who are not registered to vote.

“I would love to see it in place for the 2020 statewide election,” he said.

Rosenberg said he is “having conversations” with House Speaker Robert DeLeo. “I’ve heard that he has some interest in it,” Rosenberg said.

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