MA S2544

Bill

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Election Laws to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to election laws issues

Introduced
02/18/2020

In Committee
02/20/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

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AI Summary

This bill authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on Election Laws to investigate and study certain current Senate documents related to election laws issues. The documents cover a range of topics related to elections, such as voter registration, voting rights, and election administration. The purpose of the investigation and study is to review these election-related documents and potentially propose legislation or policy changes based on the findings.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Committee on Election Laws (J)

Last Action

Reported (in part) by S416 (on 04/13/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2544

(42 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2544
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2544.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S2290	Providing for recall elections in the town of East Bridgewater	Laid before the Governor	Replaces
S2291	Granting noncitizen permanent residents in the town of Warwick the right to vote in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S382	Relative to early voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S383	Restoring financial transparency in presidential elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S384	To increase voter participation	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S385	Allowing election day registration	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S387	Relative to early voting in the 2020 presidential primary	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S388	Relating to post-election audits	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S390	To extend early voting for all elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S391	Relative to the central registry of voters	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S392	To increase voter registration, participation, and to help prevent recidivism	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S393	Limiting political spending by foreign-influenced corporations	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S394	Relative to political contributions	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S395	Improving knowledge about voting rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S397	Relative to early voting privacy and expansion	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S398	Relative to candidate reporting requirements	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S400	Relative to fair elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S401	Relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S402	Relating to contribution fairness	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S403	To protect the integrity of town meetings	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S405	Relative to voting rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S406	Promoting access to democracy in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S407	Allowing delivery of ballot question petitions to the Secretary of State by registrars and restricting payments per signature	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S409	Lowering the voting age for state and local elections with guardian consent	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S410	Relative to town committee elections and membership	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S411	For political party endorsement reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S412	For Primary Election Reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S413	For parity in all organizational and non-individual campaign contributions	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S415	To create a citizens’ initiative review commission	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S416	Relative to election ballots	Reported (in part) by S2632	Replaces
S417	Relative to early voting and absent voting	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S418	To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S419	To promote good democracy in primary elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S420	Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S421	To modernize the central registry of voters	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S422	To ensure a complete, accurate, and equitable census count	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S423	To expand voter access	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S424	Relative to campaign contribution cycles	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S425	Relative to ballot modernization	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S426	Relative to early voting ballots	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S427	To fairly fund early voting	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces
S428	Relative to promoting voter engagement	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S2290

Providing for recall elections in the town of East Bridgewater

Laid before the Governor

Replaces

S2291

Granting noncitizen permanent residents in the town of Warwick the right to vote in municipal elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S382

Relative to early voting in municipal elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S383

Restoring financial transparency in presidential elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S384

To increase voter participation

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S385

Allowing election day registration

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S387

Relative to early voting in the 2020 presidential primary

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S388

Relating to post-election audits

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S390

To extend early voting for all elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S391

Relative to the central registry of voters

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S392

To increase voter registration, participation, and to help prevent recidivism

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S393

Limiting political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S394

Relative to political contributions

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S395

Improving knowledge about voting rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S397

Relative to early voting privacy and expansion

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S398

Relative to candidate reporting requirements

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S400

Relative to fair elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S401

Relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S402

Relating to contribution fairness

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S403

To protect the integrity of town meetings

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S405

Relative to voting rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S406

Promoting access to democracy in Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S407

Allowing delivery of ballot question petitions to the Secretary of State by registrars and restricting payments per signature

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S409

Lowering the voting age for state and local elections with guardian consent

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S410

Relative to town committee elections and membership

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S411

For political party endorsement reform

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S412

For Primary Election Reform

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S413

For parity in all organizational and non-individual campaign contributions

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S415

To create a citizens’ initiative review commission

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S416

Relative to election ballots

Reported (in part) by S2632

Replaces

S417

Relative to early voting and absent voting

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S418

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S419

To promote good democracy in primary elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S420

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S421

To modernize the central registry of voters

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S422

To ensure a complete, accurate, and equitable census count

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S423

To expand voter access

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S424

Relative to campaign contribution cycles

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S425

Relative to ballot modernization

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S426

Relative to early voting ballots

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S427

To fairly fund early voting

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

S428

Relative to promoting voter engagement

Accompanied a study order, see S2544

Replaces

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