29- 250 C.M.R. ch. 520, § 2 - Rejection of Comments
1. Not later than
three (3) business days following the deadline for filing public comments, the
Secretary of State shall review each submission and reject any public comments
filed for publication in the Citizen's Guide that do not meet
the requirements of Section 1 or that violate the provisions of Section 1.12 of
these Rules. The Secretary of State shall notify the filer of the rejection in
the following manner:
A. By telephone;
or
B. If unable to contact the
person by telephone, and if there is sufficient time prior to the publication
of the Citizen's Guide, by certified mail immediately upon
rejection.
2. The
Secretary of State shall attempt to contact the person not later than the fifth
business day following the deadline for filing public comments. Notification of
a rejection shall identify the reason for rejection. A person contacted by the
Secretary of State under this subsection may file a revised comment pursuant to
paragraph 3 of this subsection not later than the seventh business day
following the deadline for filing the public comments.
3. Any individual, corporation, political
action committee or other organization notified by the Secretary of State of a
rejection may revise the public comments only to the extent necessary to bring
it into conformance. The revised public comments must meet the following
requirements:
A. The revised public comments
must be in compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of these
Rules;
B. The revised public
comments shall be returned to the Secretary of State, Elections Division by the
deadline specified in these rules; and
C. The revised public comments shall be
resubmitted in electronic format.
4. If the Secretary of State is unable to
contact any person submitting public comments regarding the rejection or if the
person fails to respond to the Secretary of State's notification, that person's
comments will not be published in the Citizen's
Guide.
5. The Secretary of
State shall notify by mail any individual, corporation, political action
committee or other organization whose comments were rejected due to the
Secretary of State already receiving the maximum numbers of public comments
allowed.
6. Upon final rejection of
a filing, the Secretary of State will return the comment filer's payment for
publication of the comments.
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