Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately allow printed ballot question summaries to be disseminated to voters as they prepare to vote, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 35A of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1992 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last two sentences and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- When the state secretary shall determine that it is not feasible for the summary of any question or questions submitted to the people to appear on the voting machine, he shall prepare separate sheets of paper containing such summary and provide such sheets for each polling place, to be used by the voters casting their votes on the voting machine, and one such sheet shall be furnished to each voter as he prepares to cast his vote by the use of such a machine.