Welcome to the MassGOP Election Integrity and Registration Committee (EIRC)
The MassGOP Election Integrity and Registration Committee consists of ten voting members and five non-voting members who along with our Chair and Vice Chair lead our six focus teams. To ensure consistency throughout the organization, the National Committee Man and Woman along with the MassGOP Chair and the Executive Director also participate in the meetings. The MassGOP EIRC is committed to building a freer, stronger, more transparent, and accountable election process for the Commonwealth.
MassGOP is committed to promoting our conservative values of limited government, free enterprise, and strong communities. Together we can make Massachusetts a better place to live, work, start a business, and raise a family.
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2025 MassGOP Election Integrity and Registration
Mission Statement and Goals
The Massachusetts Republican Party (MassGOP) Election Integrity and Registration Committee (EIRC) protects the legitimacy of elections in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by following sound processes and guidance aimed at reducing the risk of voter fraud. Voter information must be transparent and available for scrutiny and analysis by the public. The EIRC will inspect every aspect of the election process and pursue changes to promote the security and integrity of our elections. The EIRC recognizes, above all, the vote of a citizen as a right protected by the United States Constitution, and it is our duty and honor to defend that right.
Goals
To address modern challenges to the election process in Massachusetts, the EIRC has an eight-point plan aimed at establishing and maintaining trust in the election process.
Voter ID
A photo ID system is critical to ensure election integrity. Many states have implemented an ID process that respects privacy without compromising access to voting. The EIRC will work with government leaders and citizen groups to enact Voter ID legislation.
Clean the Voter Rolls
The voter rolls are managed by 351 local entities and overseen by the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Every effort should be made to put processes in place to maintain accurate voter rolls and prevent fraud.
- Make voter rolls available for inspection by citizens.
- Remove people who do not belong on the voter rolls, including:
- Non-citizens
- Deceased individuals
- Long-term inactive voters
- Those who have moved out of state
- Develop partnerships with other states to deconflict and properly assign voters registered in multiple states.
- Eliminate errors in registration data, such as incorrect birth dates, incorrect registration dates, and duplicate records.
- Encourage local registrars, along with the Republican Town Committee (RTC) or City Committee (RCC) Election Integrity Representatives, to review their local voter files regularly.
- Encourage positive relations with senior local municipal election representatives to ensure accountability of process and a commitment towards accurate voter rolls.
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Massachusetts enacted the Motor Voter Law in 1995 in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act. Among other things, the law enables the Registry of Motor Vehicles to collect voter registration information when someone applies for or renews a driver’s license. The process has resulted in multiple unintended consequences, particularly when associated with non-citizens being granted drivers’ licenses. The committee will:
- Obtain clear documentation that indicates how citizenship is accurately determined for people who sign attestation of citizenship on driver registration forms.
- Work to eliminate the problem of duplicate voter registration records in the state Voter Registration Information System (VRIS).
- Work to fix conflicting data being input into VRIS for a voter who already exists in the system.
- Work to establish transparency of records generated and maintained by the RMV.
Secure Mail-In Ballots
The mail-in ballot process must ensure transparency and accountability to track ballots throughout the election process.
- They must be monitored in a secure environment.
- They must be counted separately.
- The process of counting should be overseen by an RTC or RCC Election Integrity Representative in that city or town.
- Ballot applications and ballots must only be sent to legally registered voters.
City and Town Committee Support
The EIRC will work to:
- Act as a liaison with city and town committees.
- Identify and correct problems with how elections are run on a local level.
- Stand up an election integrity response team during each election cycle to address potential voter fraud as it happens.
- Develop and provide training for registrars, poll workers, and poll observers.
- Communicate policy changes enacted by the MassGOP Election Integrity and Registration Committee.
- Coordinate with MassGOP to recruit and assign poll workers to certain districts.
Federal Election Standards
Massachusetts should support and incorporate recognized Federal Election Standards, best practices, and policies approved by the MassGOP Election Integrity and Registration Committee.
- Obtain and understand laws, policies, and guidelines affecting fair elections at all levels.
- Provide training and documents ensuring local RTC and RCC Election Integrity Representatives have a working knowledge of election laws.
- Research changes to laws and incorporate them into our training and communications.
- Maintain the use of paper ballots as a method to audit election results.
Focus Areas and Leaders
- Marc Salinas – Legal Advisor: Litigation, legal coordination, policy monitoring.
- Kathy Lynch – Vice Chair: Training and development of best practices.
- Steve Semple – Data Analyst Consultant: Data analysis, voter database improvements.
- Chester Tam – Communications Consultant: Webpage, media, public relations.
- Julie Hall – Chair: Meetings, agenda, policy communication.
The right to vote in a fair election is the most basic civil right, and the EIRC will work to ensure that every legitimate vote counts.
