On May 15, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Election Laws heard four election law bills.  In Massachusetts, the committee typically takes testimony, and then takes several weeks to decide whether to pass the bills.

The Committee heard testimony on these bills:  (1) H.591, to repeal the National Popular Vote Plan that Massachusetts approved several years ago; (2) S.324, to prohibit electronic vote-counting machines; (3) H.583, to let 17-year-olds vote in city and town elections; (4) H.642, to print “None of the above” on the ballot in all candidate elections.  There would be no consequences of “NOTA” won the election.