Bill Text: MA H683 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pre-registration of voters prior to their eighteenth birthday

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-19 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H683 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H683-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Ellen Story

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act Relative to Pre-Registration of Voters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Peter v. Kocot	1st Hampshire
Denise Provost	27th Middlesex
Pam Richardson	6th Middlesex
Tom Sannicandro	7th Middlesex
Ellen Story	3rd Hampshire
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.	34th Middlesex
Steven J. D'Amico	4th Bristol
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.	26th Middlesex
Barbara A. L'Italien	18th Essex
Cory Atkins	14th Middlesex
Anne M. Gobi	5th Worcester
Kay Khan	11th Middlesex
William Lantigua	16th Essex
Thomas M. Stanley	9th Middlesex
Benjamin Swan	11th Hampden

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 68 OF 2005-2006.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Relative to Pre-Registration of Voters.

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

����������� Section 47A of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: A person who is otherwise qualified may pre-register on or after that person�s sixteen and a half birthday and may vote in any election occurring on or after that person�s eighteenth birthday.