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
Floor votes
How they voted
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
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sean Garballey
DDemocratic
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