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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 73 FILED ON: 1/3/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 877 |
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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 | | Marcus S. Vaughn |
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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 relative to how Electoral College votes are delegated. |
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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:Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/3/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 73 FILED ON: 1/3/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 877 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 877) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn relative to choosing presidential electors and the process which governs them. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Election Laws. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 727 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 relative to how Electoral College votes are delegated. |
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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 SECTION 1. Section 8 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after "electors,", in line 15, the following |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3sentence:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 One presidential elector shall be chosen from each congressional district, and two |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5presidential electors shall be chosen at-large. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Chapter 54 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7striking out section 148, and inserting in place thereof the following section:— |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 Section 148. The persons chosen as presidential electors shall meet at the state house on |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9the date fixed by federal law next following their election at three o’clock in the afternoon and 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10organize by the choice of a presiding officer and secretary. The state secretary shall call the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11meeting to order, call the roll of electors, and preside until a presiding officer shall be chosen. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12The secretary of the electors shall keep a journal of their proceedings and deposit the same in the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13office of the state secretary, where it shall be recorded and filed. Each at-large presidential |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14elector shall cast their ballot for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates whose electors |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15received the highest number of votes in the state. Each congressional district presidential elector |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16shall cast their ballot for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates whose electors received |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17the highest number of votes in their congressional district. |
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