HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2428        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1976

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to overseas absentee voting.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/20/2011

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

1/27/2011

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

4th Hampden

1/27/2011

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/1/2011

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

2/2/2011

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

2/2/2011

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/2/2011

Shaunna O'Connell

3rd Bristol

2/2/2011

George T. Ross

2nd Bristol

2/3/2011

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

2/3/2011

Richard Bastien

2nd Worcester

2/3/2011

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/3/2011

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

2/3/2011

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

2/3/2011

Matthew A. Beaton

11th Worcester

2/4/2011

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/4/2011

Steven L. Levy

4th Middlesex

2/4/2011

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/4/2011

Bruce E. Tarr

 

2/4/2011

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/4/2011

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

2/4/2011

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/21/2011

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

1st Plymouth

2/1/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2428        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1976

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1976) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to overseas absentee voting.  Election Laws.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 585 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to overseas absentee voting.

 

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 (a) of section 91B of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in line 4 the words, “subsections (b) and (c),” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- subsections (b), (c), and (d),.

SECTION 2. Section 91B of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following subsection:-

(d) To a voter qualified under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 USC section 1973ff-2), the ballot may be delivered electronically by fax, e-mail, or secure website.  The secretary of state may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.

SECTION 3. Section 95 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 39 the words “tenth”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- twentieth

SECTION 4. Section 99 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6 the words “ten”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- twenty