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House roll call #424 · 2017–2018 session · July 27, 2018

Automatically registering eligible voters and enhancing safeguards against fraud

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What they voted on

Accept the final compromise version worked out by House and Senate negotiators

Official wording: H.4834, On Acceptance of the conference report

Who filed H.4834

Sponsor Voter Registration and Fraud

Committees often rewrite bills. The legislators who filed the original versions are listed on malegislature.gov.

134 Yes16 No3 did not vote

Passed

Every member's vote

Voted yes (134)
Voted no (16)
Did not vote (3)

What it means

Sets up automatic voter registration. Eligible people who do business with the Registry of Motor Vehicles (driver's license and ID transactions) or MassHealth and the Health Connector would be registered unless they decline, after local registrars check eligibility and give them 21 days to opt out; other state agencies that collect reliable citizenship information may be added. Agencies must tell applicants that non-citizens may not register, records missing required verified information may not be sent, and a penalty is added for knowingly giving false information. The state joins the Electronic Registration Information Center, the RMV must send data at least every 2 months to keep voter lists accurate, the Secretary of State must issue rules by July 31, 2019, and the main parts take effect January 1, 2020.

Source: official text and history of H.4834 on malegislature.gov.

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