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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 407 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 63 |
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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 | | Erika Uyterhoeven |
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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 |
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| 12 | 12 | | proposal for constitutional amendment: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights. |
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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:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/9/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/25/2025Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex2/25/2025David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/25/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/28/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 407 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 63 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by proposal for |
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| 20 | 20 | | constitutional amendment, House, No. 63) of Erika Uyterhoeven and others for a legislative |
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| 21 | 21 | | amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights of certain persons incarcerated in |
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| 22 | 22 | | correctional facilities due to felony convictions. Election Laws. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights. |
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| 29 | 29 | | A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in |
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| 30 | 30 | | joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if |
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| 32 | 32 | | similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the |
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| 33 | 33 | | state election next following]: |
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| 34 | 34 | | ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1 Article III of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended, is hereby further |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2amended by striking out the words “, excepting persons who are incarcerated in a correctional |
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| 37 | 37 | | 3facility due to a felony conviction, and”, inserted by Article CXX of the Amendments to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 4Constitution. |
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