JOINT COMMITTEE ON ELECTION LAWS
House Staff:
Room 443
State House
Boston, MA 02133 House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2460
Senate Staff
: Room 218
State House
Boston, MA 02133 Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1485
It shall be the duty of the committee on Election Laws to consider all matters concerning elections, election laws and such other matters as may be referred.
Members appointed to the committee:
Augustus of Second Worcester
Spilka of Second Middlesex and Norfolk
Morrissey of Norfolk and Plymouth
Creedon of Second Plymouth and Bristol
Petruccelli of Suffolk and Middlesex
Brown of Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Bradley of Hingham
Atsalis of Barnstable
Casey of Winchester
Galvin of Canton
Quinn of Dartmouth
Kujawski of Webster
Eldridge of Acton
Driscoll of Braintree
Allen of Boston
Frost of Auburn
Rogeness of Longmeadow
List of matters that have been referred to the committee:
Senate, No. 21 -- General Court,- term increase.
Senate, No. 22 -- Redistricting,- commission.
Senate, No. 23 -- Elected officials.
Senate, No. 24 -- Ballot questions.
Senate, No. 25 -- Constitutional officers.
Senate, No. 435 -- Local party committee events.
Senate, No. 436 -- Initiative and referendum questions,- anti fraud.
Senate, No. 437 -- Vote count,- replacement party.
Senate, No. 438 -- Political action committees,- administration.
Senate, No. 439 -- Primaries,- date change.
Senate, No. 440 -- Ballot,- ID.
Senate, No. 441 -- Campaign finance.
Senate, No. 442 -- Congressional senator,- vacancy.
Senate, No. 443 -- Independent expenditure.
Senate, No. 444 -- Ballots,- furnishing.
Senate, No. 445 -- President election vote.
Senate, No. 446 -- Election day registration.
Senate, No. 447 -- Voting systems,- disabilities.
Senate, No. 448 -- Polling locations.
Senate, No. 449 -- Voting precints,-effective date.
Senate, No. 450 -- Voter registration,- high schools.
Senate, No. 451 -- Campaign contributions.
Senate, No. 452 -- Presidential election.
Senate, No. 453 -- Redistricting commission.
Senate, No. 454 -- Street lists.
Senate, No. 455 -- Street lists.
Senate, No. 456 -- Elections,- "none of the above" option.
Senate, No. 457 -- Voter information.
Senate, No. 458 -- Financial reporting,- voters.
Senate, No. 459 -- Manchester-By-The-Sea,- elected municipal officials.
Senate, No. 460 -- Party enrollment.
Senate, No. 461 -- Campaign expenditures,- independent.
Senate, No. 462 -- Campaign reporting.
Senate, No. 463 -- Voting list,- access.
Senate, No. 464 -- Voter identification.
Senate, No. 465 -- Presidential electors,- voting.
Senate, No. 2243 -- Voter registration.
Senate, No. 2283 -- Amherst,- voting rights.
Senate, No. 2290 -- Wrentham elections.
Senate, No. 2304 -- Holbrook,- recall elections.
Senate, No. 2323 -- Lowell,- elections.
Senate, No. 2362 -- Worcester,- bilingual ballots.
Senate, No. 2387 -- Voter information.
Senate, No. 2414 -- Biennial,- state primaries
Senate, No. 2490 -- Voter registration,- high schools.
Senate, No. 2514 -- Election day registration.
Senate, No. 2609 -- Election Laws,- study.
Senate, No. 2789 -- Concord,- voter information.
House, No. 31 -- Municipal relief.
House, No. 39 -- Primary elections, -date.
House, No. 148 -- Cities and towns, -growth planning.
House, No. 626 -- Voting machines, -software.
House, No. 627 -- Local elections, -age.
House, No. 628 -- Local elections, -residency.
House, No. 629 -- Firefighers, -equipment.
House, No. 630 -- Waterway projects.
House, No. 631 -- Temporarily disabled, -parking.
House, No. 632 -- Candidates, -web sites.
House, No. 633 -- Presidential electors, -reform.
House, No. 634 -- Voters ,-street listings.
House, No. 635 -- Voters enrollment.
House, No. 636 -- Cities, -referendum petitions.
House, No. 637 -- Election results, -computation.
House, No. 638 -- Voter identification.
House, No. 639 -- Ballots, -sealing.
House, No. 640 -- Election ,-officers.
House, No. 641 -- Public property, -campaign signs.
House, No. 642 -- Campaign finance reporting.
House, No. 643 -- Referendum, -signature process.
House, No. 644 -- Initiative and referendum petitions.
House, No. 645 -- Presidential primary ballots.
House, No. 646 -- Election day registration.
House, No. 647 -- Voter registration database.
House, No. 648 -- Election laws, -violations.
House, No. 649 -- Voters, -identification.
House, No. 650 -- Voter identification.
House, No. 651 -- Polling places, -conduct.
House, No. 652 -- Voting, -identification.
House, No. 653 -- Voter identification.
House, No. 654 -- Polling places.
House, No. 655 -- Community Preservation Act.
House, No. 656 -- Campaign finance reports.
House, No. 657 -- P.A.C., -contributions.
House, No. 658 -- Congressional vacancies.
House, No. 659 -- Presidential electors.
House, No. 660 -- Elections, -regulate.
House, No. 661 -- Constitution,- redistricting.
House, No. 662 -- Congressional redistricting.
House, No. 663 -- Blind voters, -braille ballots.
House, No. 664 -- Executive vacancies.
House, No. 665 -- Instant runoff voting method.
House, No. 666 -- Instant runoff voting method.
House, No. 667 -- Voter education commission.
House, No. 668 -- Campaign financing, -study.
House, No. 669 -- Voter pamphlets.
House, No. 670 -- Voting equipment.
House, No. 671 -- Election results, -audits.
House, No. 672 -- Nomination papers.
House, No. 673 -- Governor and Lt. Governor, -election.
House, No. 674 -- Voting by mail.
House, No. 675 -- Early elections.
House, No. 676 -- Disabled, -voting conditions.
House, No. 677 -- US Senate vacancy.
House, No. 678 -- U. S. President, -popular vote.
House, No. 679 -- Deaths, -notices.
House, No. 680 -- Voting, -mail registration.
House, No. 681 -- Absentee ballots.
House, No. 682 -- Independent voters.
House, No. 683 -- Politcal committees.
House, No. 684 -- Campaign financing.
House, No. 685 -- General Court, -terms.
House, No. 686 -- Voter registration.
House, No. 687 -- Absentee voting.
House, No. 688 -- Special voters.
House, No. 689 -- Campaigns, -electronic communications.
House, No. 690 -- Voting districts.
House, No. 691 -- Absentee voting.
House, No. 692 -- Voters, -identification.
House, No. 693 -- Mayoral candidates.
House, No. 694 -- Campaign finance reports.
House, No. 695 -- Voters, -identification.
House, No. 696 -- Non-citizens, -voting rights.
House, No. 697 -- Reserve police, -bullet proof vests.
House, No. 698 -- General Court, -elections.
House, No. 699 -- Ballot questions.
House, No. 700 -- Ballot questions, -funds.
House, No. 701 -- Absentee ballots, -postage.
House, No. 702 -- Instant runoff voting method.
House, No. 703 -- Primaries, -instant runoff voting method.
House, No. 704 -- County elections.
House, No. 705 -- Campaign Finance laws.
House, No. 706 -- State elections.
House, No. 707 -- Voting task force, -online.
House, No. 708 -- Absentee ballots.
House, No. 709 -- Voting, -information.
House, No. 710 -- Presidential elections.
House, No. 711 -- Early voting.
House, No. 712 -- Iniative/referendum petitions, -regulate.
House, No. 713 -- Congressional elections.
House, No. 2028 -- Hawley, -town election.
House, No. 2230 -- Politics, -sign holders.
House, No. 3747 -- Wareham, -town election.
House, No. 3777 -- Presidential electors.
House, No. 3945 -- Wayland, -voting rights.
House, No. 3946 -- Burlington, -office holders.
House, No. 3947 -- Merrimac, -recall elections.
House, No. 3948 -- Cambridge, -voting age.
House, No. 3963 -- Springfield, -city elections.
House, No. 3971 -- Dudley, annual election.
House, No. 3973 -- Woburn, -elections.
House, No. 3992 -- Newton, -voting.
House, No. 4013 -- Colrain, -recall elections.
House, No. 4040 -- Haverhill, -voting machines.
House, No. 4042 -- Sudbury, -debt exclusion.
House, No. 4071 -- Springfield, -election.
House, No. 4097 -- Everett, -elections.
House, No. 4149 -- Southampton, -town election.
House, No. 4208 -- Springfield, -preliminary election.
House, No. 4250 -- Lanesborough, -town election.
House, No. 4260 -- Lexington, -referendums.
House, No. 4397 -- Newton, -city elections.
House, No. 4414 -- Malden, -Ward Seven councillor.
House, No. 4458 -- Braintree,- town elections.
House, No. 4459 -- Braintree, -vacancies.
House, No. 4489 -- Braintree, -town vacancies.
House, No. 4500 -- Palmer, -charter.
House, No. 4545 -- Medway, -validate election.
House, No. 4546 -- Sex offenders, -voting.
House, No. 4560 -- Hingham, -voting precinct.
House, No. 4591 -- Hingham, -voting precinct.
House, No. 4625 -- Voters and elections, -study.
House, No. 4673 -- Great Barrington, -validate election.
House, No. 4702 -- Initiative petitions.
House, No. 4704 -- Lawrence, -voter identification.
House, No. 4737 -- Reading, -ballot question.
House, No. 4757 -- Belmont, -alcohol license.
House, No. 4865 -- Southern Berkshire School District.
House, No. 4883 -- Unpaid municipal fines.
House, No. 4884 -- Topsfield, -ballot question.
House, No. 4886 -- Lawrence, voter identification, -study.
House, No. 4889 -- Boston, -councillors.
House, No. 4932 -- Oak Bluffs, -validate election.
House, No. 4983 -- Boston, -polling places.
House, No. 5500 -- Paxton, -public safety complex.
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