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Docket #0602, Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Early Voting Options for City of Boston Municipal Elections
Docket #0603, Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Same-Day Voter Registration for City of Boston Municipal Elections
A
Okay,
I
just
can't
see
myself,
I
think
we're
doing
this
screensaver
thing
again,
all
right
so
good
morning,
everyone,
I'm
city,
council,
lady
edwards,
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations.
It
is
thursday
july
8,
2021
and
we're
here
today
for
a
virtual
hearing
on
dock
at
0-6-5-4
or
ninja
mending
cbc
chapter.
A
A
A
A
A
Here
we
go
again
good
morning:
I'm
city
council,
lydia,
edwards,
chair
of
the
committee
on
government
operations,
it's
thursday
july
8th
and
we're
here
today
for
a
virtual
hearing
on
docket060602
petition
for
a
special
law
regarding
an
act
relative
to
early
voting
options
for
city
of
boston,
municipal
elections
and
docket
0603
petition
for
special
law
and
act
relative
to
same-day
voter
registration
for
city
of
boston,
municipal
elections.
This
was
referred.
Both
refer
to
the
committee
on
april
28,
2021
and
councillor
arroyo
is
the
sponsor
of
both
dockets.
A
According
to
chapter
20,
the
act
of
2021
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law.
We
are
relieving
that
relieved
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
requirement
that
public
hearings
be
accessible
by
the
public.
We
are
holding
this
hearing
via
zoom,
and
this
meeting
or
this
hearing
will
be
reported.
A
The
public
may
watch
this
hearing
via
live
stream
at
www.boston.gov
city-council-tv
and
live
on
xfinity
rs8
rcn82
verizon
964
would
also
be
rebroadcasted
at
a
later
date.
Written
comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee.
Email
ccc.go
at
boston.gov
will
be
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors
quick
summary
docket
zero.
Six
zero
two
would
allow
early
voting
options
in
municipal
elections
and
would
establish
procedures
for
early
voting
docket
zero.
A
Six
zero
three
would
allow
for
same-day
voter
registration
and
for
voting
on
that
day
of
such
registration,
whether
it's
on
election
day
or
during
an
early
voting
period.
Section
two
of
the
proposed
proposal
established
standards
for
proof
of
residence
joining
the
committee
today
on
behalf
of
the
administration,
is
sabina
pallante
assistant,
registrar
of
the
boston
elections
department.
We
also
have
counselor
again
counselor
arroyo
as
the
lead
sponsor
both
dockets
we've
also
been
joined
by
councillor
liz
braden.
A
We
also
have
guest
speakers
who
will
be
on
a
panel
tanisha
sullivan,
who
will
be
joining
us
from
the
nwacc
boston
branch
she's,
the
president,
as
well
as
cheryl
crawford
from
mass
vote
who's
the
executive
director.
So
at
this
time
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
council
royale
for
some
opening
remarks
and
council
braden.
Then
we'll
go
straight
to
the
administration
and
the
advocates
counselor
royal.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
want
to
just
note
before
we
begin
there
is
one
typo
in
the
docket
docket0603
that
we're
going
to
address
in
the
working
session
as
it's
currently
written.
It
isn't
as
clear
as
it
should
be
same
day.
Voter
registration
is
really
election
day,
voter
registration
and
no
that's
not
for
all
of
the
early
voting
days
that
are
possible.
D
That's
that
just
means
that,
on
whatever
that
preliminary
date
may
be
that
year,
whatever
that
general
election
date
that
year
is
you
can
go
vote
and
register
on
that
day
that
specific
day,
whatever
that
election
day
is
not
not
the
early
voting
days
and
so
to
get
directly
into
what
this
is
about.
We
just
celebrated
july
4th
people
who
are
from
boston
or
from
new
england
or
are
close
to
a
history
book,
understand
boston
and
massachusetts,
specific
role
to
play
in
creating
our
democracy.
D
It
only
makes
sense
that,
as
a
city
as
the
engine
sort
of
of
massachusetts,
we
are
driving
the
discussion
on
voter
access
and
voter
rights
and
ensuring
that
more
people
can
participate
and
what
we
saw
this
year
due
to
the
pandemic,
due
to
an
increase
in
voter
access,
which
is
really
what
this
was.
It
allowed
folks
to
participate
that
are
disabled.
That
may
have
multiple
jobs
that
may
have
different
life
responsibilities
and
things
that
they're
juggling
and
what
it
really
did
was
increase
participation
in
our
democracy,
which
is
a
really
beautiful
thing.
D
What
this
would
do,
which
is
separate,
and
apart
from
what
folks
may
have
heard,
is
happening
at
the
and
there's
like
multiple
bills
going
through
the
senate
in
the
house,
but
the
one
that
most
people
tend
to
talk
about
is
the
mailing
mail.
By
voting
it's
what
we
did
when
we
moved
the
date
of
our
elections
from
september
21st
to
september
14th,
to
allow
for
mail
voting.
We
still
don't
have
that,
because
the
house
has
not
extended
that,
but
even
if
they
did
extend
that
it
would
only
cover
this
most
recent
municipal
election.
D
It's
not
a
permanent
fix,
and
so
these
home
rule
petitions
essentially
are
a
way
for
the
city
of
boston.
For
the
city
council
to
say
these
are
the
things
we
would
like
to
see
permanently
in
place
in
our
elections
and
specifically,
what
this
puts
in
place
and
I'll
go
through
it
very
quickly
is
it
would
allow
for
early
voting
for
city
of
boston,
municipal
elections.
It
would
allow
for
no
excuse
vote
by
mail
for
city
of
boston,
municipal
elections.
D
It
would
allow
for
the
election
department
to
tabulate,
absent
and
early
voting
validates
before
the
date
of
the
election.
It
would
allow
for
voters
to
return
ballots
via
delivering
them
in
person
to
the
election
department,
a
secured,
dropbox
or
mailing
to
the
election
department.
All
of
those
methods
are
things
we
did
already
in
the
in
the
most
recent
presidential
election
and
it
would
allow
for
same
day
as
the
preliminary
or
same
day
as
a
general
election
registration
of
vote.
D
In
other
words,
if
you
aren't
registered
to
vote,
but
you
live
here-
and
you
are
qualified
to
vote,
you
can
show
up
to
your
precinct
or
your
polling
place
on
the
day
of
the
election
and
actually
register
to
vote
there
that
day,
and
so
these
are
some
basic
things.
I
would
love
to
say
that
we're
leading
on
voter
access
or
voter
rights,
but
these
are
things
that
happen
already
in
other
places.
These
are
just
good
ideas.
D
These
are
things
we
should
already
be
doing,
and
so
with
that
I
think-
and
I
would
just
want
to
say
and
thank
when
I
was
putting
this
together.
I
worked
in
in
partnership
with
the
naacp,
but
also
with
the
secretary
of
state's
office,
in
ensuring
that
what
we
were
doing
they
apparently
had
already
been
having,
and
I'm
sure
mr
pimante
will
speak
to
this.
D
They
had
already
spoken
to
multiple
election
departments
throughout
the
state
as
to
what
is
feasible,
what
what
works
best,
what
works
better
and
we
tapped
into
that
knowledge,
as
well
as
talking
to
the
boston
election
department
as
well.
So
I'm
excited
to
have
sabino
here
today
as
well
to
speak
to
sort
of
some
of
these
election
things
and
what
their
impact
on
the
city
could
be
and
what
their
impact
on
the
election
department
is.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
councillor
royal
for
bringing
this
issue
up
for
discussion
and
try
and
implement.
I
support
broadening
the
franchise
and
making
sure
that
more
people
are
able
to
vote
successfully
without
impediment.
So
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
today
with
regard
to
voter
registration
election
day,
voter
registration
to
keep
it
keep
it
accurate
and
you
know
just
trying
to
figure
out
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
implementing
a
new,
a
new
policy.
A
Thank
you.
I
just
to
be
very
brief.
I'm
excited
about
the
conversation.
I
do
know
that,
ultimately,
both
of
these
are
helpful
and
I
actually
think
where
a
lot
of
the
country
is
moving
towards
restricting
access
to
voting.
I
think
it's
wonderful
that
we're
moving
in
the
opposite
direction
and
actually
expanding
people's
options
to
be
able
to
vote
and
be
informed.
A
I
think
that
there's
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
practical
implications
at
the
city
level
and
learning
from
sabino
how
that
how
he
sees
this
playing
out
and
then
we
will
turn
it
over
to
to
cheryl,
and
I
think
again,
whenever
tanisha
joins
us,
she
will
be
free
to
have
some
comments
on
both
dockets.
So
for
now,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
sabino
pamonte.
E
All
council
is
present
and
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
holding
the
session
today.
My
name
is
sabino
pimanti,
I'm
the
head
assistant,
registrar
of
voters.
This
department
provides
fair
and
equitable
elections
in
a
safe
manner
to
the
at
this
moment.
The
preliminary
municipal
election
is
scheduled
for
september
14th,
with
the
deadline
to
register
the
vote
of
august
25th.
E
The
municipal
election
is
scheduled
for
november.
Second,
the
last
day
to
register
to
vote
is
october.
13Th
deadline
for
absentee
ballot
applications
requesting
them
in
mail
will
be
wednesday
september,
8th
and
october
27th,
respectfully
for
the
no
september
november
elections
before
5
pm.
However,
vote
in
person
will
still
be
available
in
city
hall,
room
241
up
until
12
noon
the
day
before
the
election.
E
B
A
C
Great
king,
madam
chair
and
all
council's
president,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity.
I
am
cheryl
clyburn
crawford.
The
executive
director
of
mass
vote.
Mass
vote
is
a
nonpartisan
nonprofit
issue,
advocacy
organization
dedicated
to
voting
rights,
voting
and
voter
education.
Today
we
are
speaking
in
support
of
dockets
zero,
six
zero,
two
and
zero
six
zero.
Three.
C
C
Docket
063,
meanwhile,
would
implement
same-day
voter
registration
for
all
boston
municipal
elections,
mail-in
voting,
early
in-person
voting
and
same-day
voter
registration
are
all
proven
reforms
critical
to
making
our
democracy
more
accessible
and
inclusive.
On
mail-in
and
early
voting,
we
have
the
examples
of
last
year's
state
elections
to
base
this
case
on.
In
both
the
2020
september,
primary
and
november
general
election,
a
majority
of
voters
cast
their
ballots
early,
either
by
mail
or
early
in
person.
C
Additionally,
both
the
primary
and
state
election
witnessed
the
highest
turnout.
In
decades
last
year,
voters
made
it
clear
that
they
do
not
only
approve
of
but
deeply
value
mail-in
in
early
voting.
They
expect
to
have
it
moving
forward
and
boston
should
meet
that
expectation
by
implementing
it
in
all
municipal
elections
on
same-day
registration.
C
We
may
not
have
you
know
examples
in
massachusetts
to
draw
from,
but
we
do
have
more
than
20
cases
that
we
can
draw
from
nationwide
20
states
in
the
district
of
columbia,
currently
practice
same-day
registration,
and
the
policy
has
proven
highly
effective.
It
has
led
to
more
streamlined
elections,
as
the
need
for
costly
burdensome.
Provisional
ballots
is
virtually
eliminated
when
a
voter
can
correct
their
information
on
election
day.
C
C
C
C
Such
reforms
will
have
an
immediate,
dramatic
and,
most
importantly,
positive
impact
on
the
city's
municipal
elections.
In
approving
these
measures,
the
council
may
not
only
show
that
they
seek
to
codify
the
reforms
of
last
year,
but
go
even
further.
Sending
this
message
is
critically
in
is
incredibly
important,
as
state
after
state
continues
to
make
voting
less
accessible,
and
the
supreme
court
continues
to
support
such
efforts.
C
A
A
A
So
if
I
understand
correctly,
this
is
more
for
sabino
and
for
cheryl
and,
of
course,
for
the
lead
sponsor
our
experience.
Just
for
my
education,
we
are
experienced
as
the
city
in
early
voting
in
mail-in
ballots
by
virtue
of
us
having
to
do
it
for
state
elections
right
we've
done
that
before
or
in
national,
correct,
okay.
A
D
So
this
one
is
just
for
boston,
because
we
we
just
have
the
ability
to
speak
on
our
elections.
The
the
you
have
struck
a
nail
on
the
head
there
about
what
the
state
has
not
done
in
terms
of
what
they're
doing
on
june
10th
of
this
year,
the
state
house
passed
legislation
that
would
allow
eligible
registered
folks
to
cast
a
ballot
by
mail
permanently,
but
it
would
only
apply
to
biennial,
state
elections,
state
primaries
and
any
municipality
whose
elections
are
held
at
the
same
time
as
those
state
elections.
D
So
basically
it
would
leave
our
municipal
elections
on
those
years
in
which
there
are
no
state
elections
complete.
We
wouldn't
have
early
voting
or
mail
and
vote
inside
we'd.
Have
this
weird
sort
of
thing
going
on
where
sometimes
they'd
have
it?
Sometimes
they
wouldn't.
If
you
were
voting
for
a
city
of
boston,
election.
A
Does
it
count
but
mail-in
ballots?
I
guess
it's
a
practical
question
for
anybody
at
this
point,
but
what
happens
then,
because
we
we
have
specials,
we
have
you
know
how
does
that
apply,
or
is
there
an
exception
for
special
elections
and
just
just
a
note,
I
actually
think
that's
where
the
special
elections
are,
where
the
voter
turnout.
A
A
You
know
it's
depending
on
the
weather,
depending
on
you
know
all
these
different
things
and
people
can
and
can't
get
to
vote
on
a
tuesday,
and
I
don't
know
what
was
it.
What
was
the
last
special
election?
It
was
the
one
in
revere
all
those
different
things
impact
and-
and
I
does
does
the
current
laws
apply
to
special
elections
in
early
voting.
D
Yeah,
so
this
would
so
this
hrp
would
would
apply
to
the
special
elections.
I'm
not
sure
what
your
question
is
is
whether
or
not
if
there's
like
a
so,
the
state
does
special
elections
quite
often,
and
so
I'm
not
sure
what
you're
saying
is.
Does
this
apply
to
state
special
elections
as
well
in
terms
of
what
they've
already
done
or
what
we're
doing,
but
this
would
apply
to
municipal
special
elections,
which
folks,
who
are
trying
to
figure
out
when
that
gets
triggered.
An
at-large
counselor
is
replaced
by
whoever
is
next
in
the
in
the
order.
D
But
if
your
district
counselor
leaves
during
a
specific
time
frame
or
or
is
resigned
or
retires,
or
whatever
happens,
and
they
leave
office
at
a
specific
time
frame,
there
is
a
triggered
special
election
for
the
district
council
seats
and
so
and
there
can
be
currently
a
triggered
election
for
the
mayor's
seat,
and
so
this
this
special
election
sort
of
formula
this
whatever
that
is.
This-
would
apply
to
that
as
well.
This
would
allow
for
same-day
voter
registration
and
a
special.
D
This
would
there's
no
delineation
where
we
separate
special
elections
as
a
non-city
of
boston
election.
This
would
be
for
all
city
of
boston
elections
regard
if
you're
going
to
go
vote
for
a
city
of
boston,
municipally
elected.
So
that's
your
city
council,
your
mayor,
if
you're
gonna
go
vote
for
that,
this
surprise,
whether
it's
a
special
or
a
general
or
preliminary.
A
A
Just
to
summarize,
this
basically
brings
the
city
of
boston
in
line
with
what
the
state
house
and
federal
elections
already
have.
It
allows
for
the
and
and
has
been
proven
to
work
and
the
city
of
boston
has
already
implemented
and
used
this.
You
know
early
voting
mail
and
ballots
already
in
these
other
elections,
including
our
presidential
and
our
recent
state
house
elections
as
well
right.
A
D
Yeah,
this
is
important
and
sabino
might
be
helpful
in
sort
of
explaining
what
the
complications
would
be
if
we
did
it
one
way
and
if
we
did
another
because
obviously
this
is
a
working
body
and
if
the
council
wants
to
change
sort
of
that,
keep
that
language.
So
it's
that
way,
then
that's,
that's,
obviously
their
prerogative.
D
But
this
is
why
I
think
it's
better
termed
election
day
voting
because
election
day,
registration,
the
the
what
this
comes
down
to,
is
the
tabulation
and
the
way
in
which
we
count
votes
and
how
we
we
protect
voting.
So
if
you
do
same-day
voter
registration,
that
term
has
multiple
meanings:
the
meaning
in
the
way
that
we
intend
it
to
be
is
probably
better
explained
as
election
day
registration,
which
means
on
the
preliminary
date
you
can
register
to
vote
and
on
the
actual
election
day,
the
general
election
day.
D
You
can
register
to
vote
not
the
early
voting
days.
The
reason
for
that,
as
it
was
explained
to
me
in
conversation
with
the
election
department
and
with
secretary
of
state,
is
that
early
voting
registration,
essentially
when
you
go
to
vote
early
and
they're,
trying
to
tabulate
those
there's
a
process
where
they're
getting
thousands
of
sort
of
early
vote
ballots
and
the
way
that
which
they
tabulate,
that
they
can't
just
tabulate
somebody
whose
same
day
registers
say
on
an
early
voting
date.
I'm
gonna
use
this
year,
for
instance,
september
14th
is
the
preliminary.
D
If
we
have
early
voting
the
week
before
that,
they
would
have
to
verify
on
election
day
that
you
actually
still
live
in
the
city
of
boston.
So
that
would
have
to
happen.
So
it
would
sort
of
not
allow
them
to
pre-tabulate
those
early
voting
votes
because
they
can't
they
can't
count.
You
on
say
monday,
the
7th
and
then
you
move
out
of
the
city
on
monday,
the
10th
and
then
your
vote
wouldn't
actually
be
a
valid
vote
on
the
14th.
D
All
of
those
early
ballots,
that
happened
without
any
concern
that
somebody
who
registered
to
vote
registered
to
vote
and
then
moved
out
or
isn't
then
a
valid
voter
on
the
actual
date
of
the
election.
So
that's
that's
the
purpose
behind
that.
But
what
we
have
seen
is
that
same
day,
voter
registration
has
a
really
deep
impact
same
day,
meaning
election
day.
Voter
registration
has
a
really
deep
impact
on
participation,
especially
in
communities
that
are
often
locked
out
of
elections
such
as
you
know,
latino
black,
disabled
communities.
D
Their
numbers
go
up
when
you
have
same-day
voter
registration,
that's
been
borne
out
by
the
numbers,
there's
a
better
access
for
same-day
voter
registration
because
often
I'm
an
elected
official,
and
if
you
ask
me
right
now,
what's
the
last
day,
you
could
register
to
vote
in
this
election.
I
wouldn't
know
that
off
the
top
of
my
head,
that
that's
usually
information
that
most
people
don't
have,
and
so
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
happen.
The
other
issue
that
I
have
seen
come
up.
D
I've
actually
experienced
this
within
people
who
I
am
actually
very
close
to
they'll,
go
to
vote
on
a
specific
election
day,
and
they
they
won't
actually
be
able
to
call
ballots,
for
instance,
because
they
they
actually
aren't
registered
the
way
they
should
be
registered
for
that
specific
election.
And
so
these
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
would
be
able
to
take
care
of,
if
folks
could
do
same
day
as
in
same
day
election
day
registration,
but
the
whole
purpose
for
the
difference
or
the
differentiation
is
to
allow
for
early
voter
tabulation.
D
So
when
these
thousands
of
early
votes
are
coming
in,
they
can
put
those
to
the
side
and
they
don't
have
to
worry
about
whether
or
not
those
are
still
valid
or
good,
come
election
day
and
sabino
might
be
able
to
answer
that
more
in
depth
as
to
what
that
process
is
or
why
that
process
makes
sense.
But
that's
that's
why
I
went
that
way
instead
of
making
it
so
that
you
could
register
every
single
day
of
that
early
voting
period.
A
A
To
be
clear
for
folks
to
understand
where
one
is,
we
are
already
doing
it
just
for
different
elections,
and
we
don't
do
it
at
ours.
It's
a
different
conversation.
It's
really,
I
think,
really
more
like
we
should
be
consistent.
You
shouldn't
have
you
can't
have
early
voting
only
at
the
local
level
that
makes
no
sense
versus
with
this
particular
one,
which
is
why,
for
some
people
it
might
be
more
controversial
or
more
yeah,
whatever
they
want
to
call
it.
This
is
this
would
be
new
for
the
state.
A
B
D
Accurate
and
just
to
be
clear
in
terms
of
how
this
was
created,
it's
two
dockets
for
a
reason.
So,
basically,
if
we
send
both
of
these
up
to
the
state
house-
and
we
know
how
that
goes-
if
the
state
house
decides
that
they
like
one
but
they're
not
going
to
touch
the
other
one,
then
at
least
we
still
get
some
of
these
voter
access
rights
through
it.
D
Doesn't
it
doesn't,
kill
the
whole
bill
just
because
there's
one
article
or
part
there
that
they
say
we
don't
like
this,
because
this
is
new
and
we
don't
do
this,
but
I
will
say
that
none
of
these
ideas
are
new
right.
That
idea,
specifically,
has
been
brought.
I
think
it
was
state
senators
have
put
in
two
different
yeah.
I
think
it's
fine,
gold
and
green.
D
I
think
both
put
that
in
there
the
difference
is-
and
I
don't
know
whose
it
is
so-
apologies
to
our
state
senator
for
this,
but
one
of
them
is
like
this.
One
of
them
says
election
day,
registration,
the
other
one
says
every
day
of
early
voting
registration
so
that,
but
the
the
idea
is
in
the
in
the
house.
Already.
A
A
D
A
Okay,
but
just
just
for
again,
that's
the
whole,
you
know
the
state
it
speaks
to
either
the
state
house
can
pass,
you
know,
get
two
bites
at
the
apple
for
boston.
Boston
could
have
two
bites.
I
should
say:
excuse
me
I'll.
Do
this
homeworld
petition
and
hopefully
the
state
house
has,
with
the
same
election
day
one
they
have
all
municipalities
or
then
again.
A
This
is
it
speaks
to
why
we
absolutely
need
this
homework
petition,
but
the
state
house
again
reserved
it
just
for
their
elections
and
national,
and
then
we
need
city
and
municipalities
to
come
through
so
okay,
so
those
are
those
are.
Oh.
So,
let's
just
let's
answer
questions
that
I
know
are
coming
in
people's
minds.
So
what
are
you
talk
to
me?
A
I
think
cheryl
may
be
able
to
speak
to
this,
about
incidences
of
voter
fraud
and
talk
to
me
about
concerns
that
people
may
have
about
same
day,
registration
and
voter
fraud.
I
think
that's
a
you
know.
What
are
the
likelihood
of
this?
I
understand
it's
a
very
low
incidence,
but
please,
if
you
could
speak
to
that,
so
we
can
we.
We
can
have
that
conversation.
C
That
is
correct
and
there
is
very
low
incidence
of
voter
fraud.
I
mean
tiny
and
we
took
a
team
of
town
clerks
to
new
hampshire
one
year
to
witness
what
happens
during
same
day,
registration
to
see
how
flawless
and
easy
and
simple
the
process
in
and
out
is
of
itself.
You
know
you
have
to
sign
this.
What
do
you
call
that
warranty
open.
C
Exactly
the
an
affidavit,
that's
the
correct
word
that
you
know
and
then
there's
penalties
that
follow
but
they've,
not
they
don't
have
any
cases
of
this,
and
so
the
whole
fraud
thing
is
just
more
of
what
people
believe.
You
know.
I
always
say
we
can
hardly
get
people
to
vote.
One
time
never
mind
to
vote
twice.
You
know
that
kind
of
thing.
E
A
D
A
D
Rules
same
rules
as
if
you
were
going
to
register
right
now.
This
is
actually
what
you
would
have
to
do.
You
would
have
to
complete
a
registration
application,
which
is
the
voter
registration
application,
and
you
have
to
provide
proof
of
residence
proof
of
residency
by
by
multiple
ways,
which
is
one
you
sign
an
oath,
but
two
you
also
have
to
provide
a
proof
of
residence.
Residency
which
could
be
a
photo
id
could
be
a
utility
bill,
could
be
a
bank
statement,
government
check
lease
mortgage,
etc.
D
There's
a
there's
a
more
of
a
list
there,
but
you're
signing
an
oath,
you're
filling
out
an
application
and
you're,
showing
some
proof
of
residency
in
documented
form
same
way,
that
you
would
do
it
if
you
were
going
to
go
register
right
now
at
the
rmv
or
at
the
at
city
hall.
So
there's
no,
there's
no!
Like
shortcut,
you
don't
just
get
to
show
up
and
say
I
want
to
vote
today
and
they
say
great
here
you
go.
You
still
have
to
still
fill
out
all
of
the
things
you
naturally
have
to
fill
out.
D
D
D
This
would
also
sort
of
eliminate
that
confusion
that
I've
seen
sometimes
when
somebody
moves
in
the
city
of
boston
to
another
place
in
the
city
of
boston
and
then
on
election
day.
They
don't
know
what
they're
supposed
to
do,
because
they've
lived
at
a
new
address
for
two
or
three
months
but
they're
registered
to
vote
in
the
city,
but
they're
registered
to
vote
at
a
poland
precinct
that
might
be
saying,
austin
brighton,
but
now
they
live
in
hyde
park.
They
have
no
idea
what
they're
supposed
to
do
now.
D
They
can
just
go
and
make
those
changes
right
there
on
on
election
day
with
no
concern
and
the
one
other
thing
I
would
say
just
in
terms
of
the
ballot
process.
If
somebody
were
to
come
and
want
to
register
to
vote
and
doesn't
have
an
id,
they
would
be
able
to
pull
a
provisional
ballot,
which
would
then
allow
it
goes
in
a
separate
pile,
doesn't
get
counted
with
those
votes
and
then
they
would
get
validated
later.
So
it's
not
that
so
also
that
would
be
part
of
it.
D
If
somebody
showed
up
and
said
oh
wow,
I
don't
have
some
id
or
something
on
me
right
this
second,
it
wouldn't
then
make
us
turn
them
away.
We
would
set,
we
would
give
them
a
provisional
ballot
that
doesn't
get
counted
in
the
regular
account
goes
to
a
separate
place,
gets
looked
at
later
by
the
election
department
to
confirm
their
address
and
whether
or
not
they're
actually
on
on
that
on
that
address.
A
That's
really
great,
so
I
mean
I,
I
think
I
would
assume
we're
gonna,
hopefully
be
pushing
a
resolution
in
support
of
that,
as
well
as
this
home
rule
petition,
because
I
think
this
is
it's
a
matter
of
consistency,
and
I
do.
I
do
think
that
I've
actually
had
even
people
in
east
boston
be
in
one
precinct.
A
I
had
to
tell
them
you
can't
vote
at
the
high
school.
You
have
to
go
back
over
to
such
and
such,
and
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
where
they
had
to
vote.
When
it
shouldn't
have
been
that
difficult.
They
know
what
their
address
is
and
they
should
be
able
to
put
in
their
address.
I
live
in
east
boston
and
I
just
yeah
between
precincts
shouldn't,
be
the
reason
why
you
don't
vote
or
why
you
can't
you're
not
registered
here
versus
there.
B
I
I
really
feel
that
you
know
in
austin
brighton,
every
75
of
the
renters
and
austin
brighton
change
address
on
september
1st,
so
that
automatically
makes
it
very
complicated.
So
I
think
this
is
a
good,
a
good
idea,
proof
of
residency
proof
of
id.
Is
there
any
question
about
citizenship
if
you're
walking
in
on
a
election
day
to
if
you've
got
a
driver's
license?
A
E
E
B
Very
good
and
the
other
question
more
is
more
for
you.
Sabino
is
in
terms
of
logistics
and
and
costs.
I
know
last
year
you
you,
your
department
did
an
incredible
job.
I
have
to
say
early
voting
mail-in
voting
in
an
election
presidential
year
in
the
middle
of
a
covert
epidemic.
You
did
an
amazing
job.
You
know
in
terms
of
implementing
this,
this
policy
going
forward.
Do
you
foresee
additional
staff
requirements,
or
you
know
needed
needing
to
appropriate
extra
funds
to
to
deliver
on
this
policy?.
E
We
as
a
department
is
still
reviewing
those
processes
that
we
took
they're
in
the
covid.
We
had
a
lot
of
volunteers
from
other
agencies,
departments
that
were
working
remotely
and
came
in
and
helped
and
volunteered
and
assisted
us
with
the
mailing.
So
I
I
agree.
Yes,
the
budget
will
most
likely
go
up.
Person
will
definitely
need
more
personnel
because
we
will
not
have
those
resources
that
we
had
in
2020
to
have
volunteers
come
in
and
help
us
in
the
manner
that
we
needed.
B
E
I
can't
cheer
nicely
just
add
one
more
thing
to
just
to
let
counselor
arroyo.
We
do
not
require
an
identification
when
you're
registering
the
only
time
that
we
require
identification
or
proof
of
residency
is
when
someone
is
voting
for
the
first
time
in
massachusetts.
That
has
not
participated
in
any
previous
federal
election.
E
If
this
is
their
first
time
participating
and
their
license
or
their
last
digits
of
the
four,
the
last
four
digits
of
the
social
do
not
match
the
central
registry
lookup
system,
then
they
will
be
required
to
provide
identification
other
than
that.
We
do
not
ask
for
identification
when
they
are
registered.
So.
D
D
D
But
in
terms
of
the
two
things
that
you
look
at
that
are
required,
one
of
which
is
required
on
that
form.
It's
either
the
social
security
number
or
the
license
number
that's
correct,
and
neither
one
of
those
can
you
actually
have
in
massachusetts.
Currently,
unless
you
are
a
citizen
and
so
that
I
so
that
okay,
so
that
makes.
E
D
E
D
D
D
Did
that
lead
to
less
lines
and
and
faster
voting
for
folks
who
did
decide
to
go
vote
in
person
on
the
day
of
I
know
we
have
we're
going
to
be
dealing
with
representing
and
maybe
and
all
these
different
things
where
we're
talking
about
the
size
of
these
precincts
and
how
many
people
are
there.
Did
you
get
less
reports
of
sort
of
elongated
lines
or
easier
access
to
actual
in-person
voting,
because
so
many
people
voted
early
and
weren't
in
those
lines
on
election
day.
E
E
D
And
so
just
so,
I
understand
what
you're
saying,
basically,
it's
so
just
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
clear
you
were
able
to
count
those
ballots
before
election
day,
which
meant
on
election
day.
Your
staff
was
less
overburdened
because
you
got
those
ballots
counted
prior
to
the
the
influx
of
election
day.
Votes
is
that
is
that,
like
it
basically
was
spread
out
instead
of
all
at
once,.
D
D
Obviously,
there
was
more
work
because
there
was
major
elections
in
the
pandemic,
but
would
you
say
that
spreading
it
out
and
doing
it
in
that
way?
Made
life
at
the
election
department
easier
for
elected
for
the
city
workers
who
work
there
as
opposed
to
if
we
had
just
had
all
of
those
votes
come
in
on
the
day
of,
and
we
only
counted
votes
on
the
preliminary
date
or
in
that
case
in
in
the
national
election,
the
primary
date
and
the
final.
E
Yeah
yeah,
I
believe-
and
this
is
a
belief
of
mine
in
the
commissioner-
I
believe,
but
she
can
speak
on
her
own
when
she
has
time
by
spreading
it
out.
The
way
we
did
did
have
an
impact
on
more
work
for
us,
but
it
alleviated
a
lot
of
stress
on
election
day
if
we
had
to
send
140
or
150
000
ballots
out
to
the
precincts
that
were
voted
ballots,
the
security
of
getting
them
out
to
every
single
precinct,
the
security
of
getting
them
back
to
us.
E
At
the
end
of
the
night,
the
additional
poll
workers
we
had
ohio,
durham
higher
during
a
pandemic,
which
then
would
have
caused
us
to
have
overloaded
precincts
with
the
amount
of
people
that
were
allowed
in
in
all
the
facilities,
which
would
have
limited
how
many
voters
could
have
stayed
in
line
to
vote.
So,
yes,
it
was
a
a
very
tactical
operation
that
we
used
and
it
was
very
beneficial
for
us,
the
department
and
the
city
and
all
the
voters
that
had
to
participate
impressive.
D
And
I'm
just
going
to
end
by
echoing
councillor
braden,
you
guys
are
sort
of
unsung
heroes.
I
think
everybody
knows
at
least
people
who
pull
papers
to
run
for
office.
How
great
the
election
department
is,
but
this
last
year
with
the
pandemic,
you
folks
had
election
after
election
happening
and
we're
just
going
at
it
as
best
you
could,
and
you
did
a
really
great
job.
D
B
I
had
a
question
for
sabino
again
about
early
voting
and
tabulation,
because
I
know
that
campaigns
want
to
know
who's
voted
early
so
that
they
can
track
their
their.
Their
voter
prospective
voters
is
that
is
that
how
owners
is
that,
in
terms
of
giving
real
sort
of
fairly
up-to-date
information
to
campaigns
as
the
as
early
voting
is
proceeding.
B
A
Thank
you
all
so
much
so
I
intend
to
get
these
to
a
working
session
with
any
language
suggestions
and
then
us
present
to
our
body
for
a
vote
relatively
soon.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
council
royal.
Thank
you
so
much
for
attending
today,
again
cheryl
clyburn
crawford
for
your
perspective
and
also
providing
background
and,
of
course
again
to
sabino
vermonte
and
the
elections
department
in
total
for
all
your
hard
work.
Thank
you
very
much
with
that.
I'm
gonna
close
up
today's
hearing
have
a
good
day.
Thank.