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Immediately following the registration of a voter under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 51, Section 42, the Election Commission of the city shall proceed to determine whether there appears at that time to be probable cause to believe that the affiant has made a false statement in such an affidavit. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Commission, or any Agent of it, shall do the following:
(A) Examine the then most-recent Annual Listing of Residents, to determine whether or not the affiant is listed at the address given, and in the event the affiant is not listed;
(B) Request the affiant to produce reasonable proof of residence, satisfactory to the Election Commission or its Agent, and in the event the affiant fails to produce reasonable identification, the said Commission or its Agent, shall do as described in division (C) below;
(C) Forthwith dispatch to the affiant by first class mail, postage prepaid, in an envelope endorsed “Address Correction Requested - Do Not Forward” a notice, informing the affiant that unless the Commission shall receive, within ten days of the date of mailing, a signed, written confirmation of receipt of said notice, by means of a card or letter which can be mailed by the affiant without the paying of postage therefor, the Commission will proceed under the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 51, Section 47B to determine his or her qualifications to vote.
(Ord. 1975 c. 14; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 201; CBC 1985 2-3.2)
2-3.3 Notice Required of Change of Polling Place.
No change of polling places shall be made in the city until reasonable notice of the proposed change has been given by the Board of Election Commissioners to the at-large Boston City Councillors and the district City Councillor from the district.
(CBC 1985 2-3.3; Ord. 1985 c. 2)
2-3.4 Prepaid Envelopes for Mail-In Voting.
Whenever the Election Department sends mail-in ballots to voters, the return envelopes shall be prepaid by the city.
(CBC 1985 2-3.4; 2021 c. 12 § 1)
2-4.1 Duties of Board.
The Listing Board constituted under Chapter 29 of the General Acts of 1917, as amended by Chapter 287 of the Acts of 1938, shall, each year in the course of making a list of all dogs owned by the inhabitants of the city pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 150, ascertain whether each such dog is licensed or unlicensed, and shall return such information to the Police Commissioner and to the Animal Control Officer or to the domestic charitable corporation, from time to time, performing by contract the duties of Animal Control Officer in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151. The Listing Board or its Agents shall, at the time of so ascertaining, by means of a suitable written notice inform each owner or harborer of an unlicensed dog of the penalties for harboring such dog and of the procedure for procuring a dog license. The Listing Board or its Agents shall give to each owner or harborer of an unlicensed dog the form of application for a dog license that may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Police Commissioner, with as many duplicate copies of the same as may be required by the Police Commissioner, and shall inform each such owner or harborer of the procedure, if any, that may be, from time to time, established by the Police Commissioner for submitting such application and securing such license by mail.
(Ord. 1972 c. 14 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 202; CBC 1985 2-4.1; Ord. 2014 c. 15 § 1)
Cross-reference:
M.G.L. Chapter 140, Sections 150—151; Gen. Acts. 1917 c. 29; St. 1938 c. 287; Ord. ss 2-3.1)
2-4.2 Police Assigned to Listing Board.
During the conduct of the Annual Listing of Residents, except as otherwise provided by Chapter 29 of the Acts of 1917, the Police Commissioner of the city shall detail to the Listing Board, two Police Patrol Officers in each Police Division of the city who shall during the time of their detail be subject to the lawful orders of said Board.
(Ord. 1975 c. 9; CBC 1975 Ord. T2 § 203; CBC 1985 2-4.2)
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