CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE, INC. v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

No. SJC-12435.

480 Mass. 27 (2018)

CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE, INC., & others v. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Kravitz , Assistant State Solicitor, ( Juliana deHaan Rice , Assistant Attorney General, also present) for Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Jessie J. Rossman , ( Kirsten V. Mayer , also present) for the plaintiffs.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

M. Patrick Moore, Jr. , for Common Cause & others.

Kyle C. Wong & Maxwell E. Alderman , of California, Dhruv Sud, of the District of Columbia, Naila S. Awan , of New York, Allison Boldt , of Minnesota, Ellen A. Scordino , & Michael E. Welsh , for Demos & others.

Debo P. Adegbile , Janet R. Carter , William Roth , of New York, & Eric L. Hawkins , for Alexander Street .

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


We are asked to determine the constitutionality of a statutory scheme requiring registration at least twenty days prior to election day in order for an otherwise qualified voter to vote in that election. See G. L. c. 51, §§ 1F, 26, 34. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the twenty-day blackout period for voter registration...

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