Bill > H360

This bill amends various provisions of Massachusetts election laws related to state primary elections. Key changes include: - Ward and town committees must be selected or appointed within 10 days after presidential primaries and will serve 4-year terms. The bill sets requirements for committee membership and rules for filling vacancies. - Deadlines are shifted for filing nomination papers and certificates of nomination for various state and federal offices, moving them earlier in the election cycle. - The dates of state primaries are changed, with state primaries now held on the second Tuesday in August prior to biennial state elections and the ninth Tuesday before special state elections. Presidential primaries will be held on the first Tuesday in March in presidential election years. - The bill also makes changes to the placement of state committee candidates on primary ballots and removes certain requirements related to ward and town committee nomination papers.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H360