Letter from Michelle K. Tassinari - First Deputy Secretary:

Attached please find electronic versions (PDF) of the petitions you submitted on September 3, 2025. Please confirm you want this Office to print blank petition forms.
Please note that providing an electronic version of the petition does not signify that this Office condones the electronic distribution of the form or the placement of the form on a website for downloading. Petitioners are cautioned to provide any person either circulating or signing an initiative petition with careful instructions to avoid disqualification. Please refer to the “exact copy” guidelines set forth in state regulations as summarized below for more information, including printing of petitions double-sided.

The Code of Massachusetts Regulations, 950 CMR § 48.07(2)(b), provides examples of petitions that are not exact copies, which include, but are not limited to:
• The paper size or color is different than that prepared by the Secretary;
• The original text is missing or altered;
• The petition form is one which was sent by facsimile;
• The petition form contains printing on only one side;
• The petition form contains two front sides; or
• The petition form contains a different number of signature lines than the number on the original petition form as prepared by the Secretary.

If using the electronic file to create petition blanks, please ensure that any petitions circulated conform to the above standards. Additionally, if you are providing the electronic file to others to print, we recommend including specific instructions to ensure compliance with the exact copy requirements. Signatures contained on petitions that contain extraneous markings and/or that are not exact copies will not be accepted as valid signatures towards the total number of required signatures.

If you request for us to print petition forms, we will notify you of their availability and pick-up location. If someone other than the person listed as the contact will be picking up the petitions, you will need to provide the name of the designated pick-up. Any person picking up the petitions will be required to show identification prior to release of the petition blanks.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Michelle K. Tassinari
First Deputy Secretary
Director and Legal Counsel, Elections Division Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth One Ashburton Place, Room 1705
Boston, MA 02108
617-727-2828
Michelle.Tassinari@sec.state.ma.us