H720 EMPOWER Act — File 208005

1 of 3 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132 FILED ON: 1/15/2019 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 720 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Andres X. Vargas and Dylan A. Fernandes _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: Andres X. Vargas 3rd Essex Dylan A. Fernandes Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester Tricia Farley-Bouvier 3rd Berkshire Jennifer E. Benson 37th Middlesex Mathew J. Muratore 1st Plymouth Adrian C. Madaro 1st Suffolk Linda Dean Campbell 15th Essex Tram T. Nguyen 18th Essex Steven Ultrino 33rd Middlesex Christine P. Barber 34th Middlesex Mike Connolly 26th Middlesex Maria Duaime Robinson 6th Middlesex Jay D. Livingstone 8th Suffolk Carmine Lawrence Gentile 13th Middlesex Mary S. Keefe 15th Worcester Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk Christina A. Minicucci 14th Essex

2 of 3 Daniel M. Donahue 16th Worcester Daniel J. Hunt 13th Suffolk Michelle L. Ciccolo 15th Middlesex Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex David M. Rogers 24th Middlesex Carlos González 10th Hampden Natalie M. Higgins 4th Worcester Liz Miranda 5th Suffolk Kay Khan 11th Middlesex Denise Provost 27th Middlesex Natalie M. Blais 1st Franklin Joseph A. Boncore First Suffolk and Middlesex Elizabeth A. Malia 11th Suffolk Tami L. Gouveia 14th Middlesex Bruce J. Ayers 1st Norfolk Peter Capano 11th Essex Daniel R. Cullinane 12th Suffolk Julian Cyr Cape and Islands Marjorie C. Decker 25th Middlesex Michelle M. DuBois 10th Plymouth James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester Nika C. Elugardo 15th Suffolk James K. Hawkins 2nd Bristol Russell E. Holmes 6th Suffolk Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester Jack Patrick Lewis 7th Middlesex Rebecca L. Rausch Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex David Allen Robertson 19th Middlesex Jeffrey N. Roy 10th Norfolk Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire Jon Santiago 9th Suffolk Chynah Tyler 7th Suffolk

3 of 3 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132 FILED ON: 1/15/2019 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 720 By Messrs. Vargas of Haverhill and Fernandes of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 720) of Andres X. Vargas, Dylan A. Fernandes and others for legislation to lower the voting age for municipal elections. Election Laws. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court (2019-2020) _______________ An Act ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 Chapter 51 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1F the 2 following section:- Section 1G. Every citizen 16 or 17 years of age, who is a resident in the city 3 or town where he or she claims the right to vote at the time he or she registers, and who has 4 complied with the requirements of this chapter, may have his or her name entered on the list of 5 voters in a city or town accepting this section in the manner provided in section 4 of chapter 4, 6 and may vote therein in any election for officers in such city or town.