20-Day Voter Registration Cutoff Upheld by Massachusetts Court

Governing: Requiring people to register to vote 20 days before an election doesn't violate their constitutional rights, the state's top court ruled Monday, dealing a blow to good government groups that have argued the cutoff disenfranchises voters.

The ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court overturns a decision by a lower court judge that the cutoff violates the state Constitution.

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