Bill Text: MA H663 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing identification requirements for voters who registered to vote by mail
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-23 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H663 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H663-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Alice Hanlon Peisch
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing identification requirements for voters who registered by mail.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Alice Hanlon Peisch |
14th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 680 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing identification requirements for voters who
registered by mail.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.Section 76B of chapter 54 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting in its place the following:-
election shall present identification under paragraph (2) if:
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person asserting a right to vote in a primary, caucus, preliminary, or other (a) the person registered to vote in the city or town by mail after January 1, 2003; and
(b) the person has not previously voted in a primary, caucus, preliminary, or other election in the commonwealth.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
