HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 85 FILED ON: 1/7/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 188
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Demetrius J. Atsalis
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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:
An Act relative to voting by sex offenders..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Demetrius J. Atsalis | 2nd Barnstable |
Cleon H. Turner | 1st Barnstable |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 85 FILED ON: 1/7/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 188
By Mr. Atsalis of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 188) of Demetrius J. Atsalis and Cleon H. Turner that certain sex offenders assigned to vote in schools or libraries be required to vote by absentee ballot. Election Laws. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 555 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to voting by sex offenders..
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 l of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “conviction”, in line 3, the following words:- or a registered voter subject or a registered voter subject to the registration requirements of M.G.L. Chapter 6, Section 178 C-Q, whose assigned polling place is located in a school, library, or community center, shall be required to vote at a location determined by the elections division of a city or town.”
SECTION 2. This act shall apply only to Level 3 registered sex offenders.
