HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 516        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 554

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to change the definition of unenrolled voter to no party affiliation on official massachusetts election ballots..

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.  Chapters 50 through 57 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by substituting the following words, “no party affiliation,” for the phrase “unenrolled voter” wherever the phrase “unenrolled voter” appears.

SECTION 2.  The phrase “unenrolled voter” shall be changed to “no party affiliation” wherever it appears in the regulations promulgated pursuant to Chapters 50 through 57 of the Massachusetts General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition.