Bill > H4320

This bill aims to automatically register eligible voters and enhance safeguards against fraud. Key provisions include: - Allowing participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to register as confidential voters, with their residential addresses kept private. - Designating certain state agencies like the Registry of Motor Vehicles and MassHealth as "automatic voter registration agencies" that will automatically register eligible applicants to vote, unless they decline. - Establishing regulations to ensure the efficiency, comprehensiveness, and security of the automatic voter registration process, including data security measures and providing materials in multiple languages. - Allowing eligible voters to opt-out of automatic voter registration, and providing protections for non-citizens who are inadvertently registered. - Expanding early voting options, including establishing early voting sites and procedures for casting and counting early votes. - Enhancing penalties for providing false information in connection with automatic voter registration. The bill aims to increase voter registration and participation while maintaining safeguards against ineligible registration and voting.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4320