HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3580        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 74

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mindy Domb and Chynah Tyler

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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 proposal for constitutional amendment:

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/19/2021

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/19/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/22/2021

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/26/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/8/2021

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

3/1/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3580        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 74

By Representatives Domb of Amherst and Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, House, No. 74) of Mindy Domb, Tami L. Gouveia and David M. Rogers for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.  Election Laws.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.

 

A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
 

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
 

SECTION 1. Article III of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “, excepting persons who are incarcerated in a correctional facility due to a felony conviction, and”, inserted by Article CXX of the Amendments to the Constitution.