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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.532 194th (Current)

An Act promoting democracy in primary elections

By Ms. Rausch, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 532) of Rebecca L. Rausch for legislation to promote democracy in primary elections. Election Laws.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Rebecca L. Rausch
Our September primary date is not only the latest in the entire nation; it is infeasible, evidenced by the fact that the statutorily provided date has had to be changed every single cycle for nearly two decades. This bill would change the state primary date to the second Tuesday in June, consistent with most other states that hold traditional primaries and relieving significant burdens on local clerks stemming from inconsistent and unknown dates, including an inability to timely reserve spaces for primary polling places, gross overtime costs necessary to set up polling places over the Labor Day weekend, and insufficient time to turn around primary results into general election infrastructure.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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