Amendment ID: S2755-3

Amendment 3

Strengthening mail ballot request online portal

Mr. Lesser, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Eldridge and Feeney, Ms. Comerford and Ms. Chandler move that the proposed new text be amended by striking out section 14 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 14.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state secretary shall implement a system to allow a qualified voter to request an early or absentee ballot on the state secretary’s website, to be mailed to the qualified voter’s home address or a different mailing address as designated by the voter. The system shall not require the voter’s signature. The system shall apply to the November 3, 2020 general election, and if feasible to the September 1, 2020 state primaries, and shall in any event be operational not later than October 1, 2020.