MA S397

Bill

Requiring photo identification to receive a ballot

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 to require photo identification to receive a ballot. Election Laws.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to require voters to provide a valid photo identification, such as a Massachusetts driver's license, U.S. passport, student ID, or Massachusetts ID card, when voting at a polling place. If a voter does not have valid identification, they can obtain a free Massachusetts ID card from the Department of Transportation's Registry of Motor Vehicles. Voters who fail to present valid photo identification can be challenged under the existing law or cast a provisional ballot, but must provide the required identification to the local election officials within 7 business days, or their provisional ballot will be discarded.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (7)

Steven Howitt (R), Kevin Kuros (R), Leonard Mirra (R), Keiko Orrall (R), Elizabeth Poirier (R), Richard Ross (R), Bruce Tarr (R),

Last Action

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

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S397

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S397
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S397.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2024	Increasing voting opportunities and online voter registration awareness in public schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4641	Similar To
H2083	To increase voter education and registration in public schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H2088	Relative to access to official absentee and early voting data	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H366	Establishing a remote voting system for town meeting in the town of Sudbury	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H3700	Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H376	To ensure secure voting equipment	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
S1133	To allow simple majority voting	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	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
S366	Relative to early voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S380	Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in city or town elections	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S393	Relative to election ballots	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To

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