H 832 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act relative to uniformity of ballots in polling places

HD 2766 requires all Massachusetts election ballots to be uniform in size, material, and content for every voter, whether using a paper ballot or a ballot-marking device. Exceptions are permitted only to comply with federal law or accommodate specific voting/tabulation methods. The bill also mandates that ballots be tabulated directly from voter-marked selections, not from barcodes, QR codes, or other non-voter-marked representations. This law applies to all statewide and local elections in Massachusetts, standardizing ballot handling procedures.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Sep 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Oct 8, 2025
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Sep 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Election Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Sean Garballey
DDemocratic
MA
23rd Middlesex