SENATE DOCKET, NO. 39        FILED ON: 1/13/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 302

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 pre-registration of voters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Kenneth J. Donnelly

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

Cynthia S. Creem

 

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

Karen E. Spilka

 

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

Gale D. Candaras

 

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

Linda Dorcena Forry

12th Suffolk

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

Harriette L. Chandler

 

Sonia Chang-Diaz

 

James B. Eldridge

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 39        FILED ON: 1/13/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 302

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 302) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Kenneth J. Donnelly, Thomas M. Stanley, Cynthia S. Creem and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to pre-registration of voters.  Election Laws.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to pre-registration of voters.

 

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.  Section 47A of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: A person who is otherwise qualified may pre-register on or after that person's sixteenth birthday and may vote in any election occurring on or after that person's eighteenth birthday.