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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3437 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 656 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Shirley B. Arriaga |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act providing uniform mail voting forms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden1/20/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/23/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/2/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/8/2023Orlando Ramos9th Hampden2/13/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/14/2023Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex2/15/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/17/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/22/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3437 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 656 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 656) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Shirley B. Arriaga and others for legislation to further regulate mail in ballots. Election Laws. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act providing uniform mail voting forms. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 25B of said chapter 54, as appearing in section 10 of chapter 92 of |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2the acts of 2022, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 (l) The state secretary shall prepare uniform applications, instructions, ballot styles, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4envelopes, and other papers and electronic documents without distinguishing early voting by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5mail from absent voting under this chapter. |
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