Bill > H4141

This bill proposes several changes to election laws in Massachusetts. Key provisions include: 1. Requiring the governor to publish the status of all legislation before the state legislature, including whether bills were passed or vetoed, and all votes cast by state legislators on the executive branch website. 2. Expanding voter eligibility to include all U.S. citizens aged 18 or older who are not under guardianship or incarcerated for a felony conviction. 3. Requiring all candidates for state primaries to be printed on the same ballot, including those from different political parties. 4. Restricting absentee ballot eligibility to only those in active military service, with physical disabilities, or domiciled outside the U.S. with Massachusetts as their last state of residence. 5. Mandating unique barcodes on all ballots and scanning them to prevent ballot duplication. 6. Repealing provisions related to no-excuse mail-in voting that were passed during the COVID-19 pandemic. 7. Requiring voters to present valid government-issued photo ID before voting. 8. Prohibiting candidates and their committees from accepting contributions from political action committees, large financial institutions, out-of-state donors, or lobbyists.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4141