Code of Massachusetts Regulations
950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Title 950 CMR 49.00 - Confidential Voter Registration
Section 49.07 - Affidavit of Police Chief or his Designee
A voter must provide an affidavit from the police chief, or next in command as his designee, stating he or she is entitled to have certain information withheld from the public pursuant to M.G.L. c. 265, § 24C, in order to qualify for confidential voter registration. The form of the affidavit obtained from the police chief or his designee shall be substantially as follows:
I, (Chief or designee), (title), certify that (name of person) of (address of person) is entitled to have certain information withheld from the public under M.G.L. c. 265, § 24C.
Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury.
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Name
Title
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Date
This affidavit shall not be a public record. The voter registration of a person who qualifies for confidential voter registration because they are entitled to have certain information withheld from the public under M.G.L. c. 265, § 24C, shall remain confidential indefinitely. Provided, however, that if the confidential voter signs a statement in the presence of the registrar that the voter no longer wants such information with held, the voter's name and address shall become a public record. However, if the voter's address of record has been or is a shelter, the shelter's address shall never become a public record.