H 819
An Act relative to random placement for candidate names and removal of incumbent information on primary and state ballots
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Bill overview
This bill proposed changes to Massachusetts primary and state ballots to reduce the influence of incumbency and potentially increase voter choice. It aimed to achieve this by randomly shuffling candidate names on ballots and removing information identifying incumbents. The goal was to create a more level playing field for challengers and give voters a less biased view of the candidates.
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