Bill > H820

This bill proposes several changes to the election laws in Massachusetts related to the reprecincting process. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring the state's redistricting commission to provide electronic files containing updated ward and precinct boundaries to the state legislature within 7 days of approving the new congressional, councillor, senatorial, and representative districts after the decennial census. 2. Changing the deadline for municipalities to establish new precincts from June 15 of the year following the census to 30 days after the governor approves the new district maps. 3. Removing the requirement for municipalities to establish new precincts every 10 years, instead allowing them to remain unchanged until the next redistricting cycle. 4. Prohibiting municipalities from splitting precincts between multiple congressional, representative, or senatorial districts, unless the town's territory is already divided between those districts. The overall goal of the bill is to streamline the reprecincting process and ensure that precinct boundaries align with the new district maps after each decennial redistricting.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H820