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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1416 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 524 |
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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 | | Liz Miranda |
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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 voting rights restoration. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Liz MirandaSecond Suffolk 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1416 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 524 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 524) of Liz Miranda for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to voting rights. Election Laws. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 428 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to voting rights restoration. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 29 | 29 | | restore voting rights to incarcerated citizens of the Commonwealth , therefore it is hereby |
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| 30 | 30 | | declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public |
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| 31 | 31 | | convenience. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 50 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 138 and 139, the following words:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3“, except if by reason of a felony conviction”. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the following words:- “or incarcerated in a correctional |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6facility due to a felony conviction,”. |
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