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Master Masons' Voting Rights in each U.S. Grand Lodge

The information on this chart comes from information in Grand Lodge Proceedings and supplied on Masonic email message groups.

If anyone has definite information about the rules in each Grand Lodge on whether ALL Master Masters can vote in Grand Lodge, please send email to paul@bessel.org so I can update this chart.

State

 Can All Master Masons Vote in Grand Lodge?
Alabama  
Alaska  
Arizona A proposal to permit this was defeated in 2001
Arkansas  
California No
Colorado  
Connecticut  
District of Columbia No
Delaware  
Florida  
Georgia  
Hawaii  
Idaho  
Illinois  
Indiana  
Iowa  
Kansas  
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine  
Maryland  
Massachusetts  
Michigan  
Minnesota  
Mississippi  
Missouri  
Montana No, but a proposal to permit this was defeated, by a narrow vote, in June 2000
Nebraska  
Nevada  
New Hampshire  
New Jersey  
New Mexico  
New York  
North Carolina  
North Dakota This was scheduled to be proposed and voted on at the Grand Lodge meeting June 2000
Ohio  
Oklahoma  
Oregon  
Pennsylvania  
Rhode Island  
South Carolina  
South Dakota  
Tennessee  
Texas  
Utah  
Vermont  
Virginia No
Washington This was proposed, but defeated, within the last few years.
West Virginia  
Wisconsin  
Wyoming  
 

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