Amendment ID: S2545-40

Amendment 40

Ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

Ms. Chandler, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Barrett and Crighton and Ms. Comerford move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting after section 1 the following section:-

"Chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 1F the following section:-

Section 1G. Every citizen 16 or 17 years of age, who is a resident in the city or town where he or she claims the right to vote at the time he or she registers, and who has complied with the requirements of this chapter, may have his or her name entered on the list of voters in a city or town accepting this section in the manner provided in section 4 of chapter 4, and may vote therein in any election for officers in such city or town.".