HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3188        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 26

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Erika Uyterhoeven

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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:

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/20/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/1/2023

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/4/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/10/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/13/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/16/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3188        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 26

By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, House, No. 26) of Erika Uyterhoeven and others for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights of certain persons incarcerated in correctional facilities due to felony convictions.  Election Laws.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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.