UpdatedTue, Feb 9, 2021 at 1:12 pm ET Replies(2) Mail-in and expanded early voting worked last year: A record 3,657,972 voted in November. (Neal McNamara/Patch) Mail-in voting and expanded early voting could be the norm in Massachusetts after Secretary of State William Galvin said Tuesday he will file legislation this month to make them permanent. Galvin's bill would also allow for same-day voter registration and early voting for local elections, not just federal and state ones. Mail-in voting and expanded early voting was introduced in the 2020 election, primarily to help allow for more options during the COVID-19 pandemic. It worked: A record 3,657,972 voted in November, with more than 1.5 million of those voting by mail and 844,000 early in-person.