Bill Text: MA H683 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Pre-registration of voters prior to their eighteenth birthday
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-19 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H683 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H683-Introduced.html
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
Court assembled:
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:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Peter v. Kocot |
1st Hampshire |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Pam Richardson |
6th Middlesex |
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Tom Sannicandro |
7th Middlesex |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
|
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. |
34th Middlesex |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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William Lantigua |
16th Essex |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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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.
