MA S388

Bill

For political party endorsement reform

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation for political party endorsement reform. Election Laws.

AI Summary

This bill aims to reform political party endorsements in Massachusetts by allowing a cross-endorsement process. This would permit more than one political party to endorse the same candidate, and the votes cast for that candidate would be tallied together. The goal is to provide voters with a greater range of choices during elections by enabling coalitions of different political parties to support or not support various candidates. The bill empowers the Massachusetts Secretary of State and its Elections Division to establish regulations for this cross-endorsement process among recognized political parties.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Jason Lewis (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2399 (on 04/04/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S388

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S388
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S388.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1307	Relative to voluntary towing reform	No further action taken	Similar To
H2103	Relative to political designations	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H367	Relative to campaign finance reform	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
S1342	Relative to voluntary towing reform	New draft substituted, see S2354	Similar To
S1640	Relative to corporate excise tax reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S2354	Relative to voluntary towing reform	No further action taken	Similar To
S2399	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	Reported (in part) by S2069	Replaced by
S391	For Primary Election Reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S678	Reforming the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship	Accompanied a new draft, see S2468	Similar To
S728	For Chapter 40B reform and improvement	Accompanied a study order, see S2404	Similar To
S92	To promote livable communities and zoning reform act	Accompanied a study order, see S2361	Similar To
S992	Relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2490	Similar To

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