HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4637        FILED ON: 9/30/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4306

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to voting rights 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.  Notwithstanding the provision of section one of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, resident aliens eighteen years of age or older who reside in Amherst may, upon application, have their names entered on a list of voters established by the town clerk for the town of Amherst and may thereafter vote in any election for local offices and local ballot questions. 

Section 2.  The Select Board of Amherst is authorized to formulate regulations and guidelines to implement the purpose of this act. 

Section 3.  Nothing in this act shall be construed to confer upon permanent resident aliens the right to vote for any state or federal office or any state or federal ballot question.