By Mr. Atsalis of Barnstable, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4546) of Demetrius J. Atsalis that certain sex offenders assigned to vote in schools or librariesebe required to vote by absentee ballot. Election Laws.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Demetrius J. Atsalis

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In the Year Two Thousand and Eight.

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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 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “conviction”, in line 3, the following words:-  or a registered voter subject to the registration requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act whose assigned polling place is in a school or library must vote by absentee ballot or early voting ballot.