POR 2020-114
Asked the City Manager to confer with the Election Commission and Board of Election Commissioners to determine the feasibility of universal vote-by-mail for the City of Cambridge
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Dennis Carlone
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
WHEREAS Efforts in the Massachusetts Legislature include HD.5075, An Act Ensuring Safe and Participatory 2020 State Elections in Response to COVID-19, which is complementary to S.2612 and is endorsed by over 100 organizations; and
Efforts have accelerated at the national level to ensure that people may exercise their right to vote safely in the fall, with Senator Elizabeth Warren a key sponsor of legislation, now therefore be it
That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Election Commission and Board of Election Commissioners to determine the feasibility of universal vote-by-mail for the City of Cambridge; and be it further
That the Council go on record in support HD.5075 and S.2612 ; and be it further; and be it further
That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward suitably engrossed copies of this policy order to the City's Delegation in the State Legislature on behalf of the entire City Council."
In City Council May 18, 2020. Order Adopted as Amended by a yea and nay vote:- Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk
A true copy;
ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk