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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 56 FILED ON: 1/5/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 716 |
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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 | | Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Joanne M. Comerford |
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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 amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen |
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| 13 | 13 | | years of age or older to vote in preliminary and city elections. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/4/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester1/5/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 56 FILED ON: 1/5/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 716 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Comerford, a joint petition |
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| 20 | 20 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 716) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Joanne M. Comerford (with |
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| 21 | 21 | | the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to amending the charter of the city of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Northampton to allow residents sixteen years or age or older to vote in preliminary and city |
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| 23 | 23 | | elections. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen |
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| 30 | 30 | | years of age or older to vote in preliminary and city elections. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2012, shall be amended as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2 SECTION 1. Amend article 8 by inserting as article 8-6 the following: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3“QUALIFICATION FOR VOTING. Every resident of the city or, in the case of an election for |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4ward councilor or ward school committee member, every resident of the ward, sixteen years of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5age or older, who is not otherwise disqualified from voting under state law, shall be qualified to |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6vote in all preliminary elections, special elections and regular city elections" and by renumbering |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7article 8-6 to 8-7 and article 8-7 to 8-8. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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