HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 720
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Andres X. Vargas and Dylan A. Fernandes
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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 ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Andres X. Vargas | 3rd Essex | 1/15/2019 |
Dylan A. Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 1/16/2019 |
Harriette L. Chandler | First Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 1/28/2019 |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 1/30/2019 |
Adrian C. Madaro | 1st Suffolk | 1/28/2019 |
Linda Dean Campbell | 15th Essex | 1/31/2019 |
Tram T. Nguyen | 18th Essex | 1/28/2019 |
Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Maria Duaime Robinson | 6th Middlesex | 1/22/2019 |
Jay D. Livingstone | 8th Suffolk | 1/29/2019 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 1/28/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 1/28/2019 |
Christina A. Minicucci | 14th Essex | 1/28/2019 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 1/30/2019 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 1/29/2019 |
Liz Miranda | 5th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin | 1/30/2019 |
Joseph A. Boncore | First Suffolk and Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 1/30/2019 |
Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Bruce J. Ayers | 1st Norfolk | 2/1/2019 |
Peter Capano | 11th Essex | 2/1/2019 |
Daniel R. Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 1/31/2019 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Nika C. Elugardo | 15th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 1/31/2019 |
Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Jeffrey N. Roy | 10th Norfolk | 2/1/2019 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 1/31/2019 |
Jon Santiago | 9th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Chynah Tyler | 7th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 720
By Messrs. Vargas of Haverhill and Fernandes of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 720) of Andres X. Vargas, Dylan A. Fernandes and others for legislation to lower the voting age for municipal elections. Election Laws. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 51 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1F the following section:- Section 1G. Every citizen 16 or 17 years of age, who is a resident in the city or town where he or she claims the right to vote at the time he or she registers, and who has complied with the requirements of this chapter, may have his or her name entered on the list of voters in a city or town accepting this section in the manner provided in section 4 of chapter 4, and may vote therein in any election for officers in such city or town.