Election Laws

Validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Bourne on May 20, 2025

Regulating elections in the town of Conway

Relative to preliminary elections in the town of Longmeadow

Further regulating the filling of vacancies on the city council relative to the office of ward councilor in the City of Marlborough

Conforming with the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 and ensuring uniform faithful Presidential electors

Relating to vacancies in the office of mayor in the city of New Bedford

Regarding the recall of elected officers of the town of Sharon

Enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising

Reforming campaign finance laws

Relative to any vacancy among town meeting members in Milford

To implement ranked choice voting in Boston

Relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston

Relative to the preparation of bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole in the city known as the town of Randolph

Relative to campaign finance reform

Improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees

Validating the proceedings at the Millbury annual town meeting

Relative to dark money in local government

Requiring tax return disclosure to appear on a presidential primary ballot

Relative to dark money in local government

Relative to early voting and dates for voter registration

Establishing same day voter registration

Relative to the office of ward 7 councilor in the city of Marlborough

Supporting caregivers running for public office

Relative to the office of district councilor in the city of Boston

Relative to fair elections

Authorizing the town of Berkley to recall elected officials

Providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill

Relative to ranked choice voting in the town of Concord

Relative to Election Day registration at polling places

Authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Arlington

Relative to the implementation of elements of the charter for the city known as the town of Amherst

Authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Brookline

Relative to ranked choice voting in the town of Acton

Providing for recall elections in the town of Berlin

Strengthening the post-election audit process

Authorizing cities and towns to provide for citizen-funded election campaigns

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Relative to the disclosure of the political party offices campaign contributions

To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

Promoting political participation

Relative to honest online political advertisement disclosure and election interference

Relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term

Relative to uniformity of ballots in polling places

Relative to absentee voting

Relative to early voting and vote by mail

Relative to reprecincting

Lowering the voting age in municipal elections in the town of Arlington

Authorizing extending local voting rights for lawful permanent residents residing in the city known as the town of Amherst

To grant the town of Lexington the authority to endow legal residents with local voting rights in municipal elections

Amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen years of age or older to vote in preliminary and city elections

Providing for legal voting rights in municipal elections for non-citizen residents of the city of Somerville

Increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism

Establishing same-day voter registration

Relative to voting rights restoration

Relative to voting rights

Relative to inactive voters and municipal census administration

Authorizing a special election in the city of Methuen to fill a vacancy in the Office of Mayor

Relative to the town of Cheshire's special election

Enabling children’s right to vote

Relative to safe and secure elections

Relative to the board of registrars

To fairly fund early voting

Relative to youth voter engagement

Clarifying the role of governor’s councillor on the ballot

For primary election reform

Relative to accountability for defective and spoiled ballots.

Promoting democracy in primary elections

To increase the safety and security of unattended ballot boxes

Relative to election emergencies

Requiring photo ID’s to vote

Relative to recall elections in the town of Lanesborough

Requiring a residency affidavit by a candidate

Reforming the composition of the boards of registrars of voters

Relative to random placement for candidate names and removal of incumbent information on primary and state ballots

Relative to the preparation of street lists by registrars

Relative to voter registration

Relative to candidate information on ballots

Updating political terminology

Relative to the voting procedures for presidential electors

Relative to how Electoral College votes are delegated

Moving the date of regular primary elections

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to campaign finance reform

Authorizing local voting rights for lawful permanent residents residing in Leverett

Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens residing in Sharon

Relative to age requirements in local elections

Further regulating the recall of elected officials in the town of Pembroke

Enabling children’s right to vote

Expanding democratic participation

Relative to youth voting and civic participation

Relative to youth voter engagement

Relative to providing for recall elections in the town of North Brookfield

Relative to city employment and candidacy in the offices of mayor, city councillor-at-large, ward councillor, and school committee of the city of Revere

Relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown

Providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School Committee

Regarding the recall of elected officers of the town of Sharon

Validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Whitman on May 20, 2023

Clarifying the role of Governor’s Councillor on the ballot

Authorizing the town of Lexington to allow remote participation at town meetings

Clarifying the role of governor’s councillor on the ballot

Relative to gender neutral language in elections law

Enforcing accessibility for voters with disabilities

Expanding ballot access for regional school district votes

To recall elected officials in the town of Manchester-by-the-Sea

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights

Establishing recall methods for elected officials in the town of Lakeville

Relative to the mayoral terms in Chicopee

Authorizing ranked choice voting in the town of Brookline

Amending Chapter 230 of the Acts of 1954

To modernize the central registry of voters

Relative to certain county elections for certain vacancies

Relative to inactive voters and municipal census administration

Relative to city and town clerks mailing of early voting ballots

To preserve local decision making during an emergency

Relative to voting rights restoration

Relative to ranked choice voting in the town of Concord

Decoupling the municipal census from voter registration

Providing disclosure of political phone calls

Relative to political contributions

Relative to early voting cost reimbursements

Relative to campaign finance reform

Increasing voter participation in primary elections

Relative to the implementation of the charter for the city known as the town of Amherst

Authorizing local voting rights for lawful permanent residents residing in Leverett

Reforming the composition of the boards of registrars of voters

Granting the town of Southborough the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for town of Southborough residents aged 17 years old

Granting the City of Somerville the authority to provide legal voting rights in municipal elections for City of Somerville residents aged 16 and 17 years old

Relative to the voting procedures for presidential electors

Ensuring municipal power over whether elections are reformed

Granting the city of Boston the authority to endow legal voting rights in municipal elections for city of Boston residents aged 16 and 17 years old

Relative to election ballots

Expanding voting access for college and university students

Enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

Enabling children’s right to vote

To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

Amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen years of age or older to vote in preliminary and city elections

To increase the safety and security of unattended ballot boxes

Relative to election emergencies

Improving fiscal transparency

Relative to public information requests

Relative to town committee elections and membership

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Relative to honest online political advertisement disclosure and election interference

Amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow resident non-citizens to vote in preliminary and city elections

Relative to increasing voting opportunities in Massachusetts

Relative to absentee voting

Relative to pay-to-play schemes

Relative to polling place security and integrity

Further regulating the recall of elected officials in the town of Pembroke

Authorizing the town moderator of the town of Monson to act as an election officer in certain elections

Relative to dark money in local government

Empowering parental participation in elected office

Making voting administrative changes to create equitable systemic solutions

Validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Whitman on May 20, 2023

Providing for recall elections in the town of Conway

For political party endorsement reform

Requiring tax return disclosure to appear on a presidential primary ballot

Extending voting rights in municipal elections to noncitizen voters of the commonwealth

Granting the city of Boston the authority to endow legal voting rights in municipal elections for city of Boston residents aged 16 and 17 years old

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Establishing an early electronic voting option for municipal elections

Improving voting access and elections infrastructure

Promoting political participation

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

For primary election reform

Relative to fair elections

To fairly fund early voting

Relative to specially qualified voters

Validating the results of the annual election held in the town of Deerfield on May 2, 2022

Merging certain voting precincts in the Town of Groton

Relative to district city council election in the city of Boston

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to campaign finance reform

Authorizing the town of Arlington to offer early voting in town elections

Validating the annual town meeting for the town of Blandford

Authorizing local voting rights for permanent legal residents residing in Brookline

Authorizing the town of Lexington to allow remote participation at town meetings

Relative to hybrid participation in representative town meeting

Authorizing the town of Brookline to hold hybrid town meetings

To allow the town of Hingham to postpone its municipal election

Relative to ranked choice voting in the town of Arlington

To promote election audits

Relative to the feasibility of mobile voting for active-duty service members, voters with disabilities and municipalities

Relative to voting precincts in the city of Revere

Amending the charter of the town of North Andover town meeting warrant posting

Relative to preliminary election dates and filling vacancies in the offices of Mayor and Councillor in the city of Salem

Relative to representative town meeting in the town of Plymouth

Relative to the amendment of section 2-1(a) and section 7-4 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Methuen

Relative to campaign finance reform

Relative to the campaign finance reporting cycle

Relative to improving our campaign finance system

Promoting political participation

Relative to political contributions

Relative to the election of school committee members in the Berlin-Boylston Regional School District

Providing for the recall of elected officials in the city of Holyoke

Relative to the office of mayor in the city of Holyoke

Relative to the annual street listing

Relative to Political designations

Amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen years or age or older to vote in preliminary and city

Providing disclosure of political phone calls

Extending voting rights in municipal elections to noncitizen voters of the commonwealth

Relative to election reform

Authorizing persons sixteen years of age or older to vote in town elections in the town of Wendell

Granting noncitizen permanent residents in the town of Warwick the right to vote in municipal elections

Relative to voting options for the city of Lowell for the 2021 municipal elections

Establishing identification at the voting polls

To establish a commission to study election integrity

Relative to fair elections

Relative to campaign vendors

Relative to early voting cost reimbursements

To expand access to voter registration

Relative to corporate accountability for political spending

Establishing healthy voting habits among youth

Ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

Relative to pay-to-play schemes

Relative to town committee elections and membership

Moving the state primary to June

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

To modernize the central registry of voters

To ensure a complete, accurate, and equitable census count

To allow electronic and blockchain signatures on nomination papers

To protect the voting rights of eligible incarcerated people

Increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism

Expanding voting access for college and university students

Improving fiscal transparency

Allowing parties to nominate candidates to their own primaries by additional means

Relative to public information requests

To expand voter access by making mail-in voting permanent

Relative to political contributions

To improve the fairness, and public transparency of all individuals, who may have, and/or intersect, with election officials, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts

Relative to early voting

To authorize the acceptance of filing fees in lieu of signatures on nomination papers

Relative to specially qualified voters

Relative to voting rights

Relative to polling place security and integrity

To allow parties to accept certain nomination signatures from enrolled members of other parties

To allow political parties to self govern

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Ensuring municipal power over whether elections are reformed

Protecting personal privacy in street listings

Relative to election emergencies

Establishing the state primary to the second Tuesday of May

Relative to random placement for candidate names and removal of incumbent information on primary and state ballots

Relative to same day voter registration

Ensuring the election integrity through voter identification

Relative to town committee elections and membership

Relative to accessibility and preservation of write in voting records

To establish permanent voter registration for registered voters who move within the Commonwealth

Relative to political contributions

Recognizing veteran status on ballots

Relative to ballot modernization

Requiring a residency affidavit by a candidate

Relative to absentee ballots

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

An Order relative to the establishment of mail-in voting in the Commonwealth

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

To promote transparency in municipal ballot questions

For political party endorsement reform

Relative to the central registry of voters

Authorizing the establishment of a special election guarantee fund

Apportioning electoral votes by congressional district

Extending voting rights in municipal elections to noncitizen voters of the commonwealth

Relative to the feasibility of mobile voting for active-duty service members, voters with disabilities and municipalities

Amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow for early mail-in ballots

Updating political terminology

Relative to Massachusetts voter identification law

Providing for the election of at large and ward councilors and school committee members in the city of Haverhill

Relative to incumbent town meeting members in the town of Burlington

Relative to town meeting in the town of Burlington

Relative to certain voting precincts in the city of Quincy

To allow Saugus town meeting to adopt a process to allow non-binding resolutions

Relative to voting precinct 3 of ward 4 in the city of Peabody

Relative to the preparation of certain bilingual ballots in the city of Malden

Relative to polling places in the city known as the town of Braintree

Providing for the annual election of members of the Spencer East Brookfield Regional School Committee

Relative to town elections in the town of Wilbraham

Ratifying the town meeting of the town of Rowley

Validating the results of the special town meeting held on September 14, 2021 and the special election held on September 21, 2021 in the town of Leicester

Validating the annual town meeting held in the town of Nahant

Relative to reprecincting

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to no fault absentee voting

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to voting rights

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission

Concerning the Acting Mayor of Holyoke

Relative to the Office of the Mayor in the city of Lawrence

Validating the actions taken at the 2020 Biennial State Election held in the city known as the Town of Randolph

Validating actions taken at an annual town meeting in the town of Berlin

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission

Relative to voting options for the city of Newton in response to COVID-19

Relative to the swearing in of elected officials in the town of Wayland

Amending the charter of the Town of North Andover Town Meeting Warrant Posting

Relative to notification of changing polling locations during a state of emergency

Relative to the 2020 state primary and general election

Relative to youth voter engagement

Supporting parents running for public office

Relative to ranked choice voting

Relative to election day registration

Ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

Promoting political participation

Relative to election day registration (satellites)

For safe, healthy and inclusive elections

To protect elections

Establishing vote by mail in 2020

Relative to election ballots

Relative to the board of registrars of voters

Relative to the election of the Hoosac Valley Regional School District (towns of Adams and Cheshire) Committee members

Relative to early voting and absent voting

To expand voter access

Relative to ballot modernization

Relative to voting rights

Relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures

To increase voter registration, participation, and to help prevent recidivism

Relative to early voting in the 2020 presidential primary

For political party endorsement reform

Relating to contribution fairness

Promoting access to democracy in Massachusetts

Relative to fair elections

Lowering the voting age for state and local elections with guardian consent

To extend early voting for all elections

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

Allowing delivery of ballot question petitions to the Secretary of State by registrars and restricting payments per signature

Relative to town committee elections and membership

To fairly fund early voting

To create a citizens’ initiative review commission

Improving knowledge about voting rights

Restoring financial transparency in presidential elections

Relative to election procedures in the City of Boston

Regarding the terms of office for city councillors

Relative to inactive voters and municipal census administration

Relative to campaign finance reporting

Relative to random placement for candidate names and removal of incumbent information on primary and state ballots

Providing for recall elections in the town of Longmeadow

Relative to public information requests

Apportioning electoral votes by congressional district

Relative to the campaign finance reporting cycle

Extending voting protection to early voting

Relative to the voting procedures for presidential electors

Relative to youth voting and civic participation

Relative to specially qualified voters

Relative to voting overseas

Requiring expenditures from certain funds to be reported

Providing disclosure of political phone calls

Relative to accessibility and preservation of write in voting records

Establishing healthy voting habits among youth

Authorizing persons sixteen years of age or older to vote in town elections in the town of Wendell

Enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

Increasing voter registration and participation to help prevent recidivism

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Relative to access of official absentee and early voting data

Relative to campaign finance

Relative to the disclosure of foreign monetary donations

Relative to unenrolled election workers

Relative to election emergencies

Allowing 17 year olds to vote in town elections and town meetings

Relative to how Electoral College votes are delegated

Increasing voter participation in primary elections

Relative to certain county elections for certain vacancies

To establish permanent voter registration for registered voters who move within the Commonwealth

Relative to the qualification of voters

Establishing an independent redistricting commission and criteria for redistricting for congressional districts

Relative to absentee ballots

Relative to age requirements in local elections

Relative to permanent funding for early voting

Relative to political designations

To extend early voting for all elections

Relative to ballots for state primary elections

Relative to UOCAVA voting

Relative to election ballots

Relative to early voting in the Massachusetts 2020 presidential primary

Relative to the duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth as an election officer

Requiring major policy makers to disclose donations to entities engaging in political activity

Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland

Initiative Petition for a law to implement ranked-choice voting in elections

Validating certain proceedings of the town of Sharon

Validating actions taken in connection with an annual town election in the town of Westhampton

Providing for recall elections in the town of Westport

Relative to polling places in the town of Middleton

Validating the results of the annual town election held in the town of Chester on May 4, 2019

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide for no excuse absentee voting

Providing for Recall Elections in the Town Of Erving

Authorizing the city of Cambridge to offer early voting in municipal elections

Relative to the annual town election in the town of Rockport

Supporting working parents who choose to run for public office

To create a citizens' initiative review commission

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for an independent redistricting commission

Relative to elections for fire district number 2 in the town of South Hadley

Providing for the recall of elected officials in the town of Hanson

Relative to the town meeting of the town of North Reading

Relative to polling places in the city of Attleboro

Relative to campaign finance

Authorizing the city known as the town of Amherst to hold a special election on November 6, 2018

Relative to the recall of elected officials in the town of Carlisle

To create a citizens’ initiative review commission

To fairly fund early voting

Resolutions calling on Congress to abolish the Electoral College and allow for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States

To enhance reporting requirements for candidates and committees

Relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures

Establishing election day registration

Restoring financial transparency in presidential elections

Establishing voter identification procedures

Promoting political participation

Relative to election officers

Relative to voter information privacy

Relative to the application for a convention of the states under article v of the constitution of the United States

Relative to campaign finance during special elections

For parity in all organizational and non-individual campaign contributions

To modernize voter registration and jury pool lists

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

Allowing election day registration

To limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations

Relative to voter registration for program participants

Relative to automatic voter registration

Automatically registering eligible voters and enhancing safeguards against fraud

Providing for recall elections in the town of East Bridgewater

Authorizing persons sixteen years of age or older to vote in town elections in the town of Ashfield

Authorizing persons sixteen years of age or older to vote in town elections in the town of Shelburne

Authorizing local voting rights for legal permanent resident non-citizens residing in Amherst

Relative to election nomination petitions in the city of Boston

Relative to UOCAVA voting

Regulating certain activities at polling locations

Relative to campaign finance

Relative to early voting in local elections

To increase voter registration

Relative to absentee voting

Relative to limiting influence of foreign corporations in elections

Relative to political designations

Regarding ballot voting options

To increase voter education and registration in public schools

Changing the campaign finance reporting cycle

Relative to voting overseas

Ensuring election integrity through voter identification

Relative to the voting procedures for presidential electors

Relative to the selection of Lieutenant Governor

To promote better voting practices

Assuring that polling places are accessible to elderly and physically challenged voters

Regulating conduct at polling places

Apportioning electoral votes by congressional district

Establishing a remote voting system for town meeting in the town of Sudbury

Relative to early voting

Increasing voter participation in primary elections

Relative to the elimination of public campaign financing

To expand access to voter registration

Relative to reprecincting

Relative to the board of registrars of voters

Relative to political contributions

Relative to accessibility and preservation of write in voting records

Limiting campaign contributions from outside the Commonwealth

Relative to same day voter registration

Relative to election procedures in the city of Boston

Enabling cities and towns to extend voting rights in municipal elections to certain noncitizens of the Commonwealth

To establish election day registration

Relative to state primary elections

Relative to valid identification at voting polls

To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process

Relative to the town of Weston town meeting

For a United States constitutional amendment and amendments convention

Validating certain proceedings of the town of North Reading

Eliminating the preliminary election in the City of Revere in 2017

Relative to the recall of elected officials in the town of Norwell

Validating the results of the annual town election held in the town of Becket on May 16, 2015

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to corporate rights and political spending

Relative to referendum procedures in the city known as the town of Greenfield

Eliminating sub-precinct 9A in the town of Andover

Establishing a remote voting system for town meeting in the town of Sudbury

Validating the actions taken at a special town election held in the town of Westport

Validating the actions taken at the annual town election held in the town of Dudley

Providing for recall elections in the town of Bolton

Relative to campaign contribution limits for certain candidates running for office in a state election

Providing for recall elections in the town of East Bridgewater

Relative to the form of representative town government in the town of North Attleborough

Providing for recall elections in the town of Shirley

Validating the actions taken at a certain town meeting held in the town of Rochester

Relative to corporations, shareholders, and political expenditures

Relative to the annual town elections and special state election in the towns of Hull, Marshfield and Norwell

To expand voting rights

Establishing voter identification procedures

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

To modernize voter registration and jury pool lists

To improve the disclaimer requirement for certain political expenditures

Relative to redistricting

Relative to the central registry of voters

Establishing election day registration

Relative to voter privacy

To ascertain and carry out the will of the people relative to the calling and holding of a constitutional convention

To establish sticky voter registration for registered voters who move within the Commonwealth

Relative to the selection of Lieutenant Governor

Relative to election laws

To establish a citizens' initiative review commission

Relative to the date of the biennial state primary

Relative to unaffiliated voters

To increase voter education and registration in public schools

Increasing voter participation in primary elections

Authorizing the city of Fitchburg to use ImageCast precinct tabulators at a special State Primary

Relative to the granting of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises in the town of Rockport

Relative to the recall of elected officials in the town of Dighton

Relative to polling places in the city of Marlborough

Validating the results of a certain town election in the town of Groveland

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to remove restrictions on absentee ballots

Authorizing the town of Scituate to establish the date of its annual town election