MA S384

Bill

Establishing open ballot primaries in the commonwealth

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 establish open ballot primaries in the commonwealth. Election Laws.

AI Summary

This bill establishes an "open ballot primary" process for all state and federal primary elections in the Commonwealth. Under this system, the primary candidates for all political parties will be listed on a single ballot, which can be voted on by registered voters regardless of their party enrollment. The bill is set to take effect on January 1, 2018.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Anne Gobi (D)*,

Last Action

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

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S384

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S384
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S384.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2097	Relative to state primary elections	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H2900	Prohibiting ballot question contributions by certain businesses	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H361	Relative to the regulating of primary elections	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H380	Increasing voter participation in primary elections	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H610	To improve primary care in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a new draft, see H4605	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
S399	Relative to ballot modernization	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S400	To remove unfair incumbent advantage from the ballot and to change "unenrolled" to "Unaffiliated"	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S605	Relative to physician assistants	Accompanied a study order, see S2535	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2097

Relative to state primary elections

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H2900

Prohibiting ballot question contributions by certain businesses

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H361

Relative to the regulating of primary elections

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H380

Increasing voter participation in primary elections

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H610

To improve primary care in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a new draft, see H4605

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

S399

Relative to ballot modernization

Accompanied a study order, see S2399

Similar To

S400

To remove unfair incumbent advantage from the ballot and to change "unenrolled" to "Unaffiliated"

Accompanied a study order, see S2399

Similar To

S605

Relative to physician assistants

Accompanied a study order, see S2535

Similar To

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