SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1603        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

William N. Brownsberger

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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 relative to early voting and dates for voter registration.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1603        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to early voting and dates for voter registration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 31 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “If the final day for registration of voters falls on” the following:- Saturday,

SECTION 2. Section 25B of chapter 54, as amended by chapter 92 of the acts of 2022, is hereby further amended by striking the word “seventeenth” and replacing it with the following:- tenth; 

And further by striking the words “presidential or state primary or primary or”;

And further in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) by striking the terms “a primary or” and replacing it with the following:- an