HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 720

 

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.