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UMass Officials:  Our Bathrooms and Locker Rooms Will Stay Transgender Regardless of Question 3 Outcome

UMass Officials:  Our Bathrooms and Locker Rooms Will Stay Transgender Regardless of Question 3 Outcome

John Cronin

University of Massachusetts campuses will continue to allow people to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity even if state voters choose next week to get rid of a state law that makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity in public accommodations, school officials said.

"Regardless of the outcome of the election, and to the extent permitted by law, we will retain our present policy on restroom and locker room access on our campuses by allowing transgender and gender-nonconforming students, faculty, staff and guests to choose facilities consistent with their gender identity," University of Massachusetts president Marty Meehan said in a written statement Monday, joined by chancellors at the five UMass campuses.

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NH Supreme Court Stays Voter Registration Injunction; Democrats Disappointed

Bill Gnade

Four days after NH Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Brown granted an injunction to plaintiffs' claims a one-year-old state voter registration law was unconstitutional and unduly burdened voter registration, the NH Supreme Court unanimously stayed that injunction.

Judge Brown's October 21 decision in League of Women Voters, et al. v. William Gardner, et al. effectively nullified Senate Bill 3 (SB3), which was signed into law last year and designed to curb voter fraud. He then directed the Secretary of State William Gardner to conduct November's upcoming election according to November 2016 procedures. The state's elections are handled by the Secretary of State's office.

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