BOSTON (AP) — Activists trying to collect the signatures they need to get their questions on the November ballot in Massachusetts can now gather those signatures electronically.

A judgment by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this past week was agreed to by the four ballot question campaigns and Democratic Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin.

The agreement avoids a full court hearing on the resolution.

The deal mirrors a similar ruling by the court that allowed candidates for the U.S. Senate to collect signatures electronically for the Sept. 1 primary.

The court found that requiring candidates to go door-to-door to collect the signatures on paper was unreasonable given the state’s stay-at-home advisory aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.

The four ballot questions would create a “ranked-choice” voting system in Massachusetts, increase funding for the state’s struggling nursing homes, update the state’s right-to-repair law covering car repairs, and allow food stores to sell beer and wine.