Public interest groups have sued three Massachusetts officials in Boston federal court, claiming the state has failed to help public assistance recipients register to vote, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The law, better known as the Motor Voter Act, requires states to offer voter registration opportunities at all offices that provide public assistance.

On May 15, NAACP-New England Area Conference, New England United for Justice and named plaintiff Bethzaida Delgado filed the case, Delgado v. Galvin, in the District of Massachusetts.

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