Election Day recently passed, and if you were in one of the 55 cities and towns that held elections, you could tell that the the election has become more visible in the final weeks.

Canvassers, lit, mailers, news coverage--the list goes on. But at this exact point when attention and visibility rise, our voter registration cutoff limits who can participate.

Our democracy is strongest when everyone can participate, but MA still puts up unnecessary barriers to participation with a 10-day voter registration cutoff. Given that the average American moves more than 11 times over the course of their lives, moving near Election Day could easily lead to disenfranchisement.

Even worse, if clerical errors exist on the voter rolls, voters can fill out a provisional ballot but leave unsure if their vote will be counted. No one should ever lose basic rights due to clerical errors.

Same Day Registration can fix all of that, and MA should join our neighboring states in passing it. If Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut can all do it, why can't we?