RANDOLPH -- Rayla Campbell, Republican candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State, said Friday she's "incredibly proud" to be one of several individual plaintiffs named in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new law making pandemic-era universal no-fault mail-in voting a permanent fixture in state elections.
"It's simple because our own Massachusetts Constitution lists only three examples where citizens are permitted to vote by mail: If they're away from home, are physically disabled, or have a religious commitment that conflicts with Election Day," Campbell said. "Secretary of State Bill Galvin knows this but and he the rest of the Democrats rammed this unconstitutional law through the Legislature because they see themselves as above the law.
"I don't see anyone as above the law, and I believe, as does our state constitution, that Election Day is sacred, as is the integrity of the vote."
The bill making no-excuse universal mail-in voting permanent was submitted by Galvin. Campbell previous comments Galvin has made regarding the Massachusetts Constitution and absentee voting:
