HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2003 FILED ON: 1/20/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1979 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Michael J. Moran _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act relative to pre-registration of voters. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Michael J. Moran | 18th Suffolk | Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk | John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol | Donald F. Humason, Jr. | 4th Hampden | Linda Dorcena Forry | 12th Suffolk | Garrett J. Bradley | 3rd Plymouth | Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | Carlos Henriquez | 5th Suffolk | Martha M. Walz | 8th Suffolk | James Arciero | 2nd Middlesex | Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk | Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | Vincent A. Pedone | 15th Worcester | Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | Jeffrey Sánchez | 15th Suffolk | Nick Collins | 4th Suffolk | Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk | Gale D. Candaras |
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| Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | Alice K. Wolf | 25th Middlesex | William N. Brownsberger |
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| Edward F. Coppinger | 10th Suffolk | Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex | John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | Jason M. Lewis | 31st Middlesex | Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. | 34th Middlesex | Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | Anne M. Gobi | 5th Worcester | James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | David B. Sullivan | 6th Bristol | Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire | Carlo Basile | 1st Suffolk | Aaron Michlewitz | 3rd Suffolk | Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. | 26th Middlesex | Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire | James B. Eldridge |
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| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin | Gloria L. Fox | 7th Suffolk | Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | Anthony W. Petruccelli |
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| Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2003 FILED ON: 1/20/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1979 By Mr. Moran of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1979) of Michael J. Moran and others for legislation to authorize persons to pre-register to vote prior to their eighteenth birthday. Election Laws. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to pre-registration of voters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 47A of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: A person who is otherwise qualified may pre-register on or after that person’s sixteen birthday and may vote in any election occurring on or after that person’s eighteenth birthday. |
