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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4005 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 853 |
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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 | | Kate Lipper-Garabedian |
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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 reforming the composition of the boards of registrars of voters. |
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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:Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex1/17/2025Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/24/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4005 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 853 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 853) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Jason M. Lewis relative to the composition of the boards of |
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| 20 | 20 | | registrars of voters. Election Laws. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3918 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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 | | An Act reforming the composition of the boards of registrars of voters. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 51, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2section 18 and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 18. In the original and in each succeeding appointment and in filling vacancies, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4registrars of voters shall be so appointed as follows: (i) that as nearly as possible the members of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5the board shall represent the 2 leading political parties and voters with an unenrolled designation, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6as defined in section 1 of chapter 50 and section 38 of chapter 53; provided, that a city or town |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7clerk need not be enrolled in a political party; and (ii) that in no case shall an appointment to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8registrars of voters be made so as to cause the board to have more than 2 members from any |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9established political party or political designation in the Commonwealth, including the city or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10town clerk. |
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