Section 55 of chapter 51 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 17 to 24, inclusive, the words “All first voting lists shall be printed and available for public distribution not later than the first day of July in state election years. A sufficient number of voting lists shall be printed so that they can be furnished free of charge, upon request, to all duly organized political committees, and to all political candidates for public office in the various districts in which the city or town is located and for a reasonable fee, not to exceed the cost of printing such list, to any person upon request.” and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:-

All first voting lists shall be printed and available for distribution in accordance with this section not later than the first day of July in state election years. The names and addresses contained in said voting lists shall not be a matter of public record; provided however, that they shall be available to state party committees, statewide candidate committees, state ballot question committees, the jury commissioner, adjutant general and any other individual, agency or entity that the state secretary shall designate by regulation consistent with the purposes of this section, furnished free of charge.