950 CMR 47.08 - Filing and Certification of Applications; Notation on Voting List
(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.
Notes
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