'We're going to have to stay late to do this work. But the work of processing the applications, as well as the cost for overtime pay and postage to mail the ballots out, falls to the cities and towns themselves. The Secretary of State's Office was charged with sending vote-by-mail applications to all 4.5 million registered voters by July 15. The legislation, prompted by the COVID-19 crisis, also established in-person early voting for a state primary for the first time, and expanded early voting dates for the upcoming November election. Charlie Baker signed an election reform bill allowing all Massachusetts voters to cast their ballots by mail without an excuse in 2020.
With the state primary less than a month away, city and town clerks are staring down a deadline to process an unprecedented tidal wave of mail-in ballot applications, a challenge intensified by limited local staffing and financial resources. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 1 year old. A Massachusetts vote-by-mail application.
