AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING VOTING HOURS IN THE TOWN OF AMHERST.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection 1.3 of section 7 of chapter 216 of the acts of 2001 is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Meetings of the registered voters of the several precincts for elections, for primaries, and for voting upon any question to be submitted to all registered voters of the town, shall be held on the same day and at the same places within this town as the select board shall in the warrant for such election direct, and the polls shall open at 7:00 a.m. and shall close at 8:00 p.m.
SECTION 2. Subsection 2.42 of said section 7 of said chapter 216 is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The polls shall open at 7:00 a.m. and shall close at 8:00 p.m.
Approved August 16, 2006.