Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH › Title 950 CMR 47.00 - Early Voting Procedures › Section 47.08 - Filing and Certification of Applications; Notation on Voting List

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) If an application for an official early
			 voting ballot is received by the local election official from a qualified voter
			 containing an original signature of said voter, the local election official
			 shall cause to be placed on the voting lists prepared as required by M.G.L. c.
			 51, § 60, opposite the name of each voter on whose application such
			 certificate has been so executed, the letters EV.
(2) If the local election official finds the
			 person signing the application not to be a duly registered voter, the local
			 election official shall send him or her written notice to that effect and shall
			 preserve the application during the time fixed by law for the preservation of
			 ballots cast in the coming election, after which time said application shall be
			 destroyed.
(3) If the name and
			 address of a voter applying to vote early appears on the voting list as an
			 inactive voter, the local election official shall allow such inactive voter to
			 vote upon written affirmation by the inactive voter of his or her current and
			 continuous residence in the municipality or residence in the municipality
			 within the previous six months, signed under the penalties of perjury. Such
			 written affirmation shall be preserved with the voting records, and such
			 inactive voter shall be restored to the active voting list at his or her
			 current residence, without requiring further action by the person.
(4) If the inactive voter has moved within
			 the city or town, the voter will write the address at which he or she last
			 registered to vote, as well as his or her current address. The inactive voter
			 will vote from the address which corresponds to his or her address as it
			 appears on the inactive voting list. After the election, if the voter has moved
			 within the city or town, the voter shall be restored to the active voting list
			 at his or her current address, without requiring further action by the
			 person.
(5) All inactive voters
			 shall be asked to provide suitable identification showing his or her name and
			 current address. Suitable identification shall be defined in
			 950 CMR
			 52.03(5)(b):
Standard
and 54.04(6B):
Identification.
Inactive voters who fail to show suitable identification must be allowed to
			 vote. However, an election officer shall, and any other person may, challenge
			 their right to vote under M.G.L. c. 54, § 85;
			 950 CMR
			 52.03(23):
Challenges
and 54.04(23):
Challenges.
(6)
			 The local election officials shall prepare lists arranged by voting precincts,
			 of the names and addresses of all voters who have submitted applications for
			 early voting ballot, as provided in 950 CMR 47.08(1), and shall have such lists
			 available for public inspection upon request.
(7) An applicant for an early voting ballot
			 who has been furnished a certificate of supplementary registration, as
			 authorized by M.G.L. c. 51, § 51, shall submit such certificate with his
			 or her application, and the local election official shall cause to be placed on
			 such certificate opposite the name of the applicant the letters EV. Every such
			 certificate shall be kept with and considered part of the voting lists used for
			 early voting.