SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2050        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 18

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Adam G. Hinds

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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:

 

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

 

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

2/23/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/24/2021

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

3/5/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/8/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2050        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 18

By Mr. Hinds, a petition (accompanied by proposal, Senate, No. 18) of Adam G. Hinds for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.  Election Laws.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 12 OF 2019-2020.]

 

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.
 

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.