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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1464 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 8
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Liz Miranda
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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 adoption of the accompanying
proposal for constitutional amendment:
Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Liz MirandaSecond SuffolkAdam GomezHampdenLindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/8/2023 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1464 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 8
By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by proposal, Senate, No. 8) of Liz Miranda, Adam
Gomez and Lindsay N. Sabadosa for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to
voting rights. Election Laws.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 18 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights.
A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in
joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the
following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if
similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the
state election next following]:
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
1 Article III of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended, is hereby further
2amended by striking out the words “, excepting persons who are incarcerated in a correctional
3facility due to a felony conviction, and”, inserted by Article CXX of the Amendments to the
4Constitution.