By Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 680) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others relative to establishing identification requirements for voters who registered to vote by mail.  Election Laws.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Alice Hanlon Peisch

Barbara A. L'Italien

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

Steven A. Tolman

James B. Eldridge

Thomas J. Calter

Frank I. Smizik

Louis L. Kafka

Susan C. Fargo

Demetrius J. Atsalis

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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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 most recently amended by section 4 of chapter 334 of the acts of 2004, is hereby amended by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting in its place the following:-

            (b)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person asserting a right to vote in a primary, caucus, preliminary, or other election  shall present identification under paragraph (2) if:

            (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.