HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3957        FILED ON: 8/2/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3655

By Ms. Reinstein of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3655) of Kathi-Anne Reinstein (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to eliminate the preliminary election in the city of Revere in 2011.  Election Laws.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act eliminating the preliminary election in the city of Revere in 2011.

 

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 any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be no preliminary election in the City of Revere as otherwise required on September 13, 2011 for either the office of school committee for a 2-year term or for the office of city council for a 2-year term.  All candidates whose nomination papers have been duly certified shall be deemed to have been nominated, and their names shall appear on the general election ballot.

Section 2.This act shall take effect upon its passage.