BREAKING: Massachusetts just passed automatic voter registration! GOP Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law that had passed the Dem-run legislature nearly unanimously. Here are all the states where automatic registration is law or could pass it via initiative: 
Yup. That's why party-endorsed candidate Josh Zakim is challenging longtime Secretary of State William Galvin in the September Democratic primary. Automatic voter registration is a great first step, but Massachusetts can still do more to make voting easier
Meanwhile, there are still some blue states that are badly lagging behind on expanding voting rights & making voting easy. Hawaii, Delaware, & New York are particularly bad about voting laws
Importantly, Massachusetts' automatic voter registration won't just apply to the state's version of the DMV, it'll also apply to people who use the state's universal healthcare system. Massachusetts has the nation's lowest uninsured rate, so this will cover many who don't drive
Massachusetts pioneered requiring voter registration in the mid-1800s as a way to suppress the votes of Irish & German Catholic immigrants. Now the state is making registration much easier to expand voting access talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/todays…
Wondering why New York doesn't have automatic voter registration & a slew of other policies to make voting easier & more secure? Blame. Andrew. Cuomo. dailykos.com/stories/2018/7…
I've updated my map of states with automatic registration & where it can be passed by ballot initiative to make it clearer that North Dakota doesn't have registration at all (gee, imagine that!). Michigan will likely also make the 2018 ballot once officials certify the signatures
