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MA H832

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Sean Garballey

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Requires all election ballots to be uniform in size, material, and content for all voters, whether voted on a ballot-marking device or directly on paper
  • Allows the state secretary to provide non-uniform ballots only when necessary to comply with federal law, accommodate voting/tabulating, or accommodate hand count tabulation methods
  • Mandates that ballots be tabulated directly from voter-marked selections, prohibiting tabulation from barcodes, QR codes, or other machine-generated representations not marked by the voter
  • Amends Section 44 of Chapter 54 of the Massachusetts General Laws
  • Similar legislation (House No. 4689) was filed in the 2023-2024 legislative session

Legislative Description

Relative to uniformity of ballots in polling places

Last Action

Read second and ordered to a third reading

10/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Steering, Policy and Scheduling9/2/2025
Election Laws2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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