All statutes, rules and regulations, and local laws and ordinances relating to the right to vote shall be construed or applied liberally in favor of protecting the right of voters to have their ballot cast and counted, ensuring that eligible voters are not impaired in registering to vote, and ensuring that voters who are members of a protected class have equitable access to opportunities to exercise the right of suffrage. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise adversely affect the right to vote of any registered voter.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533; 2026, c. 717.