Election Laws

MA - Senator Barry Finegold (D)

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Chair

MA - Senator James Eldridge (D)

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Vice Chair

MA - Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz (D)

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Member

MA - Senator Brendan Crighton (D)

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Member

MA - Senator Edward Kennedy (D)

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Member

MA - Senator Ryan Fattman (R)

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Member

MA - Representative John Lawn (D)

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Chair

MA - Representative William Driscoll (D)

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Vice Chair

MA - Representative Russell Holmes (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Alan Silvia (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Steven Ultrino (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Daniel Carey (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Kathleen LaNatra (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Lindsay Sabadosa (D)

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Member

MA - Representative Nicholas Boldyga (R)

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Member

MA - Representative Marc Lombardo (R)

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Member

MA - SD26 An Act restoring voting rights to incarcerated felons

MA - SD124 An Act relative to early voting

MA - SD236 An Act relative to campaign contribution cycles

MA - SD268 An Act relative to ballot modernization

MA - SD304 An Act supporting parents running for public office

MA - SD348 An Act relative to election ballots

MA - SD368 An Act for political party endorsement reform

MA - SD378 An Act for Primary Election Reform

MA - SD382 An Act for parity in all organizational and non-individual campaign contributions

MA - SD406 An Act An act relative to early voting ballots

MA - SD591 An Act An act to promote good democracy in primary elections

MA - SD593 An Act relative to promoting voter engagement

MA - SD646 An Act relative to early voting in municipal elections

MA - SD664 An Act restoring financial transparency in presidential elections

MA - SD683 An Act to fairly fund early voting

MA - SD686 An Act relative to early voting in the 2020 presidential primary

MA - SD716 An Act relative to early voting and absent voting

MA - SD768 An Act to use of ranked choice voting in elections

MA - SD793 An Act improving knowledge about voting rights

MA - SD889 An Act relative to fair elections

MA - SD891 An Act relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures

MA - SD921 An Act relative to town committee elections and membership

MA - SD895 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission

MA - SD25 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to restore voting rights to incarcerated felons

MA - SD928 An Act limiting political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - SD929 An Act relative to political contributions

MA - SD1074 An Act to increase voter participation

MA - SD1105 An Act providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School Committee

MA - SD1131 An Act relative to the central registry of voters

MA - SD1271 An Act allowing election day registration

MA - SD1331 An Act to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - SD1454 An Act promoting political participation

MA - SD1474 An Act to create a citizens’ initiative review commission

MA - SD1606 An Act promoting access to democracy in Massachusetts

MA - SD1593 An Act enhancing disclosure of campaign finance activity by expanding the depository reporting system to include legislative candidates

MA - SD1695 An Act relative to election day registration

MA - SD1699 An Act lowering the voting age for state and local elections with guardian consent

MA - SD1734 An Act allowing delivery of ballot question petitions to the Secretary of State by registrars and restricting payments per signature

MA - SD1740 An Act relative to early voting privacy and expansion

MA - SD1800 An Act providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

MA - SD1814 An Act to increase voter registration, participation, and to help prevent recidivism

MA - SD1841 An Act relative to candidate reporting requirements

MA - SD1859 An Act to protect the integrity of town meetings

MA - SD1949 An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

MA - SD1945 An Act relating to post-election audits

MA - SD1951 An Act to extend early voting for all elections

MA - SD2042 An Act relating to contribution fairness

MA - SD2061 An Act to modernize the central registry of voters

MA - SD2082 An Act to ensure a complete, accurate, and equitable census count

MA - SD2104 An Act to expand voter access

MA - S13 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission

MA - S12 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights

MA - HD530 An Act supporting parents running for public office

MA - HD234 An Act assuring that polling places are accessible to elderly and physically challenged voters

MA - HD286 An Act relative to early voting in the Massachusetts 2020 presidential primary

MA - HD474 An Act relative to valid identification at voting polls

MA - HD2635 An Act relative to election emergencies

MA - HD2988 An Act ensuring accurate voter rolls

MA - HD2996 An Act regarding ballot voting options

MA - HD3087 An Act to establish citizens' initiative review

MA - HD3098 An Act promoting political participation

MA - HD3104 An Act relative to early voting

MA - HD3957 An Act providing for recall elections in the Town of Longmeadow

MA - HD553 An Act to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - HD932 An Act to establish permanent voter registration for registered voters who move within the Commonwealth

MA - HD940 An Act making voting obligatory and increasing turnout in elections

MA - HD966 An Act relative to early voting ballots

MA - HD983 An Act relative to accessibility and preservation of write in voting records

MA - HD1029 An Act relative to designation of polling places

MA - HD1035 An Act relative to voter registration sessions

MA - HD1038 An Act relative to registered voters

MA - HD1212 An Act relative to the duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth as an election officer

MA - HD1269 An Act relative to certain county elections for certain vacancies

MA - HD1281 An Act relative to the primary date

MA - HD1720 An Act relative to political contributions

MA - HD1900 An Act Relative to Campaign Finance Reporting

MA - HD1896 An Act relative to campaign fundraising for State Representatives

MA - HD1911 An Act An act relative to youth voting and civic participation

MA - HD1992 An Act relative to UOCAVA voting

MA - HD1998 An Act relative to election ballots

MA - HD1999 An Act providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

MA - HD2009 An Act relative to nomination of candidates for town meeting in the town of Milford

MA - HD2016 An Act relative to election day registration (satellites)

MA - HD2060 An Act relative to specially qualified voters

MA - HD2070 An Act relative to the board of registrars of voters

MA - HD2117 An Act relative to access of official absentee and early voting data

MA - HD2161 An Act relative to state employee municipal campaign finance laws

MA - HD2138 An Act relative to unenrolled election workers

MA - HD2146 An Act relative to the administration of political action committees

MA - HD2181 An Act relative to permanent funding for early voting

MA - HD2171 An Act relative to the voting procedures for presidential electors

MA - HD2193 An Act relative to the campaign finance reporting cycle

MA - HD2203 An Act relative to the elimination of public campaign financing

MA - HD2216 An Act relative to prohibiting pay-to-play schemes

MA - HD2245 An Act establishing an independent redistricting commission and criteria for redistricting for congressional districts

MA - HD2329 An Act relative to absentee voting

MA - HD2388 An Act allowing 17 year olds to vote in town elections and town meetings

MA - HD2397 An Act relative to political designations

MA - HD2447 An Act providing disclosure of political phone calls

MA - HD2465 An Act relative to campaign finance

MA - HD2477 An Act increasing voter participation in primary elections

MA - HD2535 An Act to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - HD2589 An Act relative to the annual street listing

MA - HD2676 An Act relative to voting overseas

MA - HD2746 An Act to expand access to voter registration

MA - HD2803 An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to offer early voting in municipal elections

MA - HD2798 An Act enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

MA - HD2804 An Act relative to Election Day registration

MA - HD2875 An Act relative to the qualification of voters

MA - HD2906 An Act Relative to Inactive Voters and Municipal Census Administration

MA - HD2910 An Act Relative to Honest Online Political Advertisement Disclosure and Election Interference

MA - HD2919 An Act extending voting protection to early voting

MA - HD3375 An Act Relative to Post-Election Audits

MA - HD3402 An Act authorizing the establishment of a special election guarantee fund

MA - HD3608 An Act relative to election day registration

MA - HD3613 An Act enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

MA - HD3631 An Act relative to ballots for state primary elections

MA - HD3659 An Act relative to random placement for candidate names and removal of incumbent information on primary and state ballots

MA - HD3661 An Act relative to ballots for state general elections

MA - HD3757 An Act relative to special election scheduling

MA - HD3762 An Act requiring major policy makers to disclose donations to entities engaging in political activity

MA - HD3811 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide for no excuse absentee voting

MA - HD3801 An Act requiring expenditures from certain funds to be reported

MA - HD3814 An Act to promote election audits

MA - HD3827 An Act relative to inactive voters

MA - HD3890 An Act concerning certain ballots

MA - HD3929 An Act relative to early voting in local elections

MA - HD3935 An Act expanding voter access through absentee and mail ballots

MA - HD3946 An Act relative to Hanson Town Elections

MA - HD1043 An Act improving fiscal transparency

MA - HD1091 An Act authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland

MA - HD1099 An Act relative to the disclosure of foreign monetary donations

MA - HD1107 An Act increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism

MA - HD788 An Act to extend early voting for all elections

MA - HD815 An Act relative to ranked choice voting

MA - HD1132 An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

MA - HD346 An Act relative to how Electoral College votes are delegated

MA - HD353 An Act regulating certain activities at polling locations

MA - HD362 An Act to decrease waiting times at polling places

MA - HD366 An Act relative to public information requests

MA - HD375 An Act limiting campaign contributions of non-natural persons

MA - HD687 An Act relative to absentee ballots

MA - HD622 An Act to promote transparency in municipal ballot questions

MA - HD740 An Act authorizing persons sixteen years of age or older to vote in town elections in the Town of Wendell

MA - HD3208 An Act relative to local business owners voting in municipal elections

MA - HD3278 An Act assisting active military voters by promoting mobile phone voting

MA - HD3290 An Act relating to post-election audits

MA - HD137 An Act relative to the election of the Hoosac Valley Regional School District (Towns of Adams and Cheshire) Committee members

MA - HD150 An Act relative to campaign finance reform

MA - HD1380 An Act relative to age requirements in local elections

MA - HD1390 An Act establishing healthy voting habits among youth

MA - HD1400 An Act relative to reprecincting

MA - HD1449 An Act ensuring the election integrity through voter identification

MA - HD299 An Act to provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

MA - HD322 An Act apportioning electoral votes by congressional district

MA - H78 Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide for no excuse absentee voting

MA - H647 An Act relative to how Electoral College votes are delegated

MA - H648 An Act regulating certain activities at polling locations

MA - H666 An Act to promote transparency in municipal ballot questions

MA - H634 An Act relative to the election of the Hoosac Valley Regional School District (towns of Adams and Cheshire) Committee members

MA - H664 An Act relative to campaign finance reform

MA - H657 An Act relative to age requirements in local elections

MA - H638 An Act to provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

MA - H633 An Act assuring that polling places are accessible to elderly and physically challenged voters

MA - H684 An Act relative to early voting in the Massachusetts 2020 presidential primary

MA - H705 An Act relative to valid identification at voting polls

MA - H714 An Act relative to election emergencies

MA - H716 An Act ensuring accurate voter rolls

MA - H717 An Act regarding ballot voting options

MA - H667 An Act to establish citizens' initiative review

MA - H646 An Act promoting political participation

MA - H660 An Act relative to early voting

MA - H639 An Act supporting parents running for public office

MA - H640 An Act to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - H656 An Act to establish permanent voter registration for registered voters who move within the Commonwealth

MA - H653 An Act making voting obligatory and increasing turnout in elections

MA - H661 An Act relative to early voting ballots

MA - H654 An Act relative to accessibility and preservation of write in voting records

MA - H699 An Act relative to designation of polling places

MA - H700 An Act relative to voter registration sessions

MA - H701 An Act relative to registered voters

MA - H706 An Act relative to the duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth as an election officer

MA - H718 An Act relative to certain county elections for certain vacancies

MA - H702 An Act relative to the primary date

MA - H642 An Act relative to political contributions

MA - H680 An Act An act relative to youth voting and civic participation

MA - H709 An Act relative to UOCAVA voting

MA - H665 An Act relative to election ballots

MA - H635 An Act providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

MA - H698 An Act relative to nomination of candidates for town meeting in the town of Milford

MA - H636 An Act relative to election day registration (satellites)

MA - H710 An Act relative to specially qualified voters

MA - H689 An Act relative to the board of registrars of voters

MA - H670 An Act relative to access of official absentee and early voting data

MA - H673 An Act relative to state employee municipal campaign finance laws

MA - H671 An Act relative to unenrolled election workers

MA - H672 An Act relative to the administration of political action committees

MA - H675 An Act relative to permanent funding for early voting

MA - H674 An Act relative to the voting procedures for presidential electors

MA - H676 An Act relative to the campaign finance reporting cycle

MA - H677 An Act relative to the elimination of public campaign financing

MA - H678 An Act relative to prohibiting pay-to-play schemes

MA - H679 An Act establishing an independent redistricting commission and criteria for redistricting for congressional districts

MA - H711 An Act relative to absentee voting

MA - H663 An Act allowing 17 year olds to vote in town elections and town meetings

MA - H712 An Act relative to political designations

MA - H696 An Act providing disclosure of political phone calls

MA - H644 An Act relative to campaign finance

MA - H697 An Act increasing voter participation in primary elections

MA - H703 An Act to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - H713 An Act relative to the annual street listing

MA - H704 An Act relative to voting overseas

MA - H637 An Act to expand access to voter registration

MA - H643 An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to offer early voting in municipal elections

MA - H707 An Act enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

MA - H715 An Act relative to election day registration

MA - H708 An Act relative to the qualification of voters

MA - H691 An Act extending voting protection to early voting

MA - H687 An Act relative to post-election audits

MA - H652 An Act authorizing the establishment of a special election guarantee fund

MA - H685 An Act relative to election day registration

MA - H692 An Act enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

MA - H645 An Act relative to ballots for state primary elections

MA - H655 An Act requiring expenditures from certain funds to be reported

MA - H694 An Act to promote election audits

MA - H695 An Act relative to inactive voters

MA - H690 An Act concerning certain ballots

MA - H682 An Act relative to early voting in local elections

MA - H683 An Act expanding voter access through absentee and mail ballots

MA - H641 An Act relative to Hanson town elections

MA - H668 An Act improving fiscal transparency

MA - H659 An Act authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland

MA - H686 An Act relative to the disclosure of foreign monetary donations

MA - H669 An Act increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism

MA - H681 An Act to extend early voting for all elections

MA - H719 An Act relative to ranked choice voting

MA - H720 An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

MA - H649 An Act to decrease waiting times at polling places

MA - H650 An Act relative to public information requests

MA - H651 An Act limiting campaign contributions of non-natural persons

MA - H632 An Act relative to absentee ballots

MA - H722 An Act authorizing persons sixteen years of age or older to vote in town elections in the town of Wendell

MA - H721 An Act relating to post-election audits

MA - H662 An Act establishing healthy voting habits among youth

MA - H693 An Act relative to reprecincting

MA - H658 An Act ensuring the election integrity through voter identification

MA - H688 An Act apportioning electoral votes by congressional district

MA - S293 An Act providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School Committee

MA - S386 An Act relative to early voting

MA - S428 An Act relative to promoting voter engagement

MA - S408 An Act supporting parents running for public office

MA - S382 An Act relative to early voting in municipal elections

MA - S383 An Act restoring financial transparency in presidential elections

MA - S414 An Act to use of ranked choice voting in elections

MA - S395 An Act improving knowledge about voting rights

MA - S410 An Act relative to town committee elections and membership

MA - S393 An Act limiting political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - S394 An Act relative to political contributions

MA - S384 An Act to increase voter participation

MA - S391 An Act relative to the central registry of voters

MA - S385 An Act allowing election day registration

MA - S418 An Act to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

MA - S404 An Act promoting political participation

MA - S415 An Act to create a citizens’ initiative review commission

MA - S407 An Act allowing delivery of ballot question petitions to the Secretary of State by registrars and restricting payments per signature

MA - S397 An Act relative to early voting privacy and expansion

MA - S420 An Act providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

MA - S392 An Act to increase voter registration, participation, and to help prevent recidivism

MA - S398 An Act relative to candidate reporting requirements

MA - S403 An Act to protect the integrity of town meetings

MA - S389 An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

MA - S388 An Act relating to post-election audits

MA - S390 An Act to extend early voting for all elections

MA - S402 An Act relating to contribution fairness

MA - S421 An Act to modernize the central registry of voters

MA - S422 An Act to ensure a complete, accurate, and equitable census count

MA - S423 An Act to expand voter access

MA - S427 An Act to fairly fund early voting

MA - S387 An Act relative to early voting in the 2020 presidential primary

MA - S419 An Act to promote good democracy in primary elections

MA - S417 An Act relative to early voting and absent voting

MA - S411 An Act for political party endorsement reform

MA - S412 An Act for Primary Election Reform

MA - S413 An Act for parity in all organizational and non-individual campaign contributions

MA - S426 An Act relative to early voting ballots

MA - S416 An Act relative to election ballots

MA - S406 An Act promoting access to democracy in Massachusetts

MA - S399 An Act enhancing disclosure of campaign finance activity by expanding the depository reporting system to include legislative candidates

MA - S424 An Act relative to campaign contribution cycles

MA - S425 An Act relative to ballot modernization

MA - S396 An Act relative to election day registration

MA - S409 An Act lowering the voting age for state and local elections with guardian consent

MA - S405 An Act relative to voting rights

MA - S400 An Act relative to fair elections

MA - S401 An Act relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures

MA - H3553 An Act requiring major policy makers to disclose donations to entities engaging in political activity

MA - H3602 An Act relative to special election scheduling

MA - H3634 An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Longmeadow

MA - H3650 An Act relative to local business owners voting in municipal elections

MA - H3712 An Act relative to random placement for candidate names and removal of incumbent information on primary and state ballots

MA - H3713 An Act relative to ballots for state general elections

MA - H3763 An Act assisting active military voters by promoting mobile phone voting

MA - H3803 An Act relative to campaign fundraising for state representatives

MA - H3804 An Act relative to campaign finance reporting

MA - HD4233 An Act granting the City of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 a...

MA - S2232 An Act relative to polling places in the town of Middleton

MA - HD4260 An Act regarding the terms of office for city councillors

MA - HD4261 An Act relative to election procedures in the City of Boston

MA - HD4262 An Act authorizing the City of Boston to offer early voting in municipal elections

MA - H3826 An Act validating certain proceedings of the town of Sharon

MA - S2234 An Act validating the results of the annual town election held in the town of Heath on May 10, 2019

MA - H3831 An Act relative to inactive voters and municipal census administration

MA - H3856 An Act granting the City of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 a...

MA - H3858 An Act regarding the terms of office for city councillors

MA - H3859 An Act authorizing the City of Boston to offer early voting in municipal elections

MA - H3860 An Act relative to election procedures in the City of Boston

MA - HD4315 An Act validating the results of the annual town election held in the town of Chester on May 4,2019

MA - H3906 An Act validating the results of the annual town election held in the town of Chester on May 4, 2019

MA - SD2476 An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Westport

MA - S2275 An Act providing for recall elections in the town of Westport

MA - H3921 An Act relative to honest online political advertisement disclosure and election interference

MA - H3936 An Act validating a certain election in the town of Boylston

MA - H3935 An Act validating actions taken at an annual town meeting in the town of Berlin

MA - S2290 An Act providing for recall elections in the town of East Bridgewater

MA - S2291 An Act granting noncitizen permanent residents in the town of Warwick the right to vote in municipal elections

MA - HD4390 An Act relative to recall elections in the town of Charlton

MA - H4034 An Act relative to recall elections in the town of Charlton

MA - HD4462 An Act establishing recall elections in the town of Otis

MA - H4058 An Act validating the actions taken at the annual town election held in the town of Dudley

MA - S2327 An Act validating actions taken in connection with an annual town election in the town of Westhampton

MA - H4065 An Act establishing recall elections in the town of Otis

MA - H4072 An Act relative to campaign finance

MA - HD4534 An Act relative to early voting cost reimbursements

MA - HD4540 An Act relative to youth voter engagement

MA - H4161 An Act relative to youth voter engagement

MA - SD2620 An Act validating actions taken in connection with a special town election in the town of Oakham

MA - S2394 An Act validating actions taken in connection with a special town election in the town of Oakham

MA - SD2623 An Act relative to youth voter engagement

MA - H4301 An Act Initiative Petition for a law to implement ranked-choice voting in elections

MA - HD4825 An Act providing for the city of Lowell municipal elections

MA - S2471 An Act relative to youth voter engagement

MA - H4350 An Act providing for the city of Lowell municipal elections

MA - SD2787 An Act authorizing the town of Scituate to establish the date of its annual town election

MA - S2497 An Act authorizing the town of Scituate to establish the date of its annual town election

MA - H4403 election laws

MA - S2544 Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Election Laws to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to...

MA - HD4957 An Act Relative to the 2020 State Primary and General Election

MA - HD4988 An Act relative to town and city committee reorganization dates

MA - H4623 An Act relative to the 2020 state primary and general election

MA - HD5023 An Act relative to notification of changing polling locations during a state of emergency

MA - SD2911 An Act relative to voting by mail and early voting

MA - SD2912 An Act establishing vote by mail in 2020

MA - H4660 An Act relative to town and city committee reorganization dates

MA - HD5026 An Act establishing vote by mail in 2020

MA - HD5035 An Act to protect elections

MA - S2654 An Act establishing vote by mail in 2020

MA - S2653 An Act relative to voting by mail and early voting

MA - HD5066 An Act for safe, healthy and inclusive elections

MA - HD5075 An Act ensuring safe and participatory 2020 state elections in response to COVID-19

MA - H4698 An Act relative to notification of changing polling locations during a state of emergency

MA - HD5077 An Act to establish safe, accessible, and fair elections

MA - H4699 An Act to protect elections

MA - SD2936 An Act for safe, healthy and inclusive elections

MA - H4721 An Act for safe, healthy and inclusive elections

MA - S2709 An Act for safe, healthy and inclusive elections

MA - H4737 An Act ensuring safe and participatory 2020 state elections in response to COVID-19

MA - H4762 An Act relative to voting options in response to COVID-19

MA - HD5191 An Act amending the charter of the Town of North Andover Town Meeting Warrant Posting.

MA - H4902 An Act amending the charter of the Town of North Andover Town Meeting Warrant Posting

MA - S2903 An Act relative to the swearing in of elected officials in the town of Wayland

MA - HD5270 An Act relative to polling place security and integrity

MA - H5083 An Act relative to polling place security and integrity

MA - HD5445 An Act relative to voting options for the city of Newton in response to COVID-19

MA - H5111 An Act relative to voting options for the city of Newton in response to COVID-19

MA - H5158 An Act relative to the municipal caucus in the town of Bedford

MA - SD3126 Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Report

MA - S2971 An Act validating the actions taken at the 2020 Biennial State Election held in the city known as the Town of Randolph

MA - SD3145 An Act Relative to the Office of the Mayor in the City of Lawrence

MA - S2993 An Act relative to the Office of the Mayor in the city of Lawrence