Amendment ID: S2755-23-R1

Redraft Amendment 23

Voter education and outreach

Ms. Rausch, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Comerford, Mr. Moore, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Cyr, Lesser and Hinds, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Collins and Keenan and Ms. Moran move that the proposed new text be amended in section 6, in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), by adding the following 2 sentences:-

“The state secretary shall ensure that the voter booklets and accompanying applications are mailed not later than October 5, 2020. The booklet cover or exterior mailing envelope shall clearly indicate that applications to vote early by mail in the general election are contained therein and that any voter who previously returned an accepted application to vote early by mail need not return an additional application.”; and

in section 11, by striking out, in line 279, the words “vote to” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “, by recorded and public vote,”; and

by adding the following new section:-

“SECTION 22. The state secretary shall conduct a public awareness campaign to inform voters throughout the commonwealth of the provisions of this act, including, but not limited to, measures to promote public awareness of expanded early voting options in the 2020 primary and general elections and the requirements and procedures for early voting by mail.”.