HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 575 FILED ON: 1/13/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 649
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Martin J. Walsh
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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 absentee ballots..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Martin J. Walsh | 13th Suffolk |
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Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 575 FILED ON: 1/13/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 649
By Mr. Walsh of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 649) of Martin J. Walsh and Thomas J. Calter for legislation to further regulate absentee voting. Election Laws. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 213 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act relative to absentee 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. Persons employed by a city or town in the Commonwealth on the day of, and in the conduct of, any state primary, state election, preliminary city or town election, regular or special, may make applications for and return an absentee voter ballot at each primary or election as if and in the same manner as a person absent from said city or town on the day of such primary or election.