Legal Opinion
Cepulonis v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 16, 1983PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
At issue is the right of prisoners, incarcerated in Massachusetts, to register to vote in State elections by absentee ballot. Relying principally on art. 3 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, 3 the plaintiffs, two long-term prisoners at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, commenced this action challenging G. L. c. 51, §§ 42-47R, and G. L. c. 54. The prisoners claim that, due to their incarceration, they cannot register to vote, and thus they are denied the right to vote.
The plaintiffs requested that a class of prisoners be certified, and that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Carrington v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Cipriano v. City of HoumaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Kusper v. PontikesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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