SENATE, No. 2221

The following proposal (see Senate, No. 2221 of 2007) having received, in joint session, the affirmative votes of a majority of all members elected to the preceding General Court [see Senate, No. 9, amended of 2005], has been referred, in accordance with Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution, to the present General Court.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

PROPOSAL FOR A LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL COURT TO PROVIDE FOR ABSENTEE VOTING BY ANY VOTER

A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of General Court and approved by the people at the state next following]:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

Article . Article XLV of the Amendments to Constitution, as appearing in Article CV of the Amendments, is hereby annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof:-

Article XLV. The general court shall have power to provide by law voting, in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question submitted at an election, by any qualified voter of the commonwealth by absentee ballot..