Massachusetts Code — 54
Browse 189 sections in division 54 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Decennial division of cities into wards and precincts
- § 2. Division of cities and wards into voting precincts; census; effect upon formation of congressional, representative, senatorial or councillor districts
- § 4. New divisions of cities into wards, when effective; congressional districts
- § 5. Maps or descriptions of new divisions; publication and posting
- § 6. Division of towns into voting precincts
- § 7. Changes in voting precincts of towns
- § 7A. Dividing precincts to facilitate voting; applicable laws
- § 8. Maps or descriptions of new precincts; posting
- § 9. Discontinuance of voting precincts
- § 9A. Redivision into precincts or districts; elections thereafter; census
- § 10. Changes in wards; notice to state secretary
- § 11. Election officers in certain cities
- § 11A. Deputies
- § 11B. Filing for appointment in cities; procedure; eligibility; examinations
- § 12. Election officers in towns; procedure; eligibility; examinations
- § 13. Party representation; term of office; removal
- § 14. Vacancies; appointment
- § 15. Eligibility of candidates
- § 16. Deputies; duties
- § 16A. Vacancies; appointments to fill
- § 17. Ballot clerks; duties
- § 20. Oath of office
- § 22. Compensation of election officers
- § 23. Supervisors of elections; political party representation; violations
- § 24. Designation of polling places
- § 25. Marking shelves and guard rails
- § 25A. Display of national flag
- § 25B. Early voting; application for early voting ballots; early voting period, sites and lists; counting of early voting ballots
- § 25C. Correctional facility; voting
- § 26. State ballot boxes; furnishing
- § 27. Blank forms and envelopes for returns; injury, tampering, or destruction; penalties
- § 28. Care, custody and repair of ballot boxes, counting apparatus, and voting machines
- § 29. Replacement of defective, lost or destroyed ballot boxes
- § 30. Voting place or precinct seals; use and custody
- § 30A. Custodians of voting machines; duties; eligibility
- § 31. Sending ballot boxes, blank forms, and counting apparatus to polls; installation of voting machines; voters' authority certificates
- § 32. Examination and approval of voting equipment
- § 33. Requirements and use of voting machines, electronic voting systems, and ballots
- § 33A. Additional requirements for voting machines
- § 33B. Use of voting machines; regulations; mechanical failures
- § 33C. Instructions to voter after entering voting machine booth; re-entry after voting
- § 33D. Voting for persons not listed on ballot labels of machine
- § 33E. Electronic voting systems; marking implements; stickers or pasters on ballots; inspection; instructions to voters; write-in candidates
- § 33F. Computers and counting units; central tabulation centers; preparation; testing
- § 33G. Lease or purchase of marking units or tabulating units; bonds from manufacturers or distributors
- § 33H. Election officers for tabulation center; tabulation of votes
- § 33I. Examination of electronic poll books; compliance with minimum requirements; approval for use in elections
- § 34. Use of voting machines by cities and towns
- § 35. Public exhibition of voting machines; instruction to voters; delivery to polls; examination
- § 35A. Challenged or absent voting ballots where voting machines used; questions submitted to voters
- § 35B. Casting challenged votes where voting machines used; counting votes
- § 36. Number of election officers present when voting machines used
- § 37. Regulations for use of voting machines, ballot boxes, etc.
- § 39. Seller's bonds; electronic voting systems, voting machines or ballot boxes
- § 40. Preparation and furnishing
- § 41. Names; residences; political designation; incumbents
- § 41A. Governor and lieutenant governor candidates; grouping party nominees; order
- § 42. Arrangement of names; blank spaces; name of city or town, etc.
- § 42A. Questions submitted to voters; designation
- § 42B. Public policy questions; placement on ballots
- § 42C. Deadline for ballot questions
- § 43. Presidential electors; arrangement of names
- § 43A. State elections and primaries; officers to be elected; manner and order of appearance on ballots
- § 44. Official ballots
- § 45. Number of ballots provided; ballot labels for voting machines
- § 46. Packaging ballots; record
- § 47. Vacancies; printing ballots
- § 48. Cards of instruction; specimen ballots; copies of information for voters material
- § 48A. Voters' bill of rights; postings; preparation and revision
- § 49. Lists of candidates; copies of proposed constitutional amendments or laws
- § 50. City elections; posting names of candidates
- § 51. Town elections; posting names of candidates
- § 52. Lists of candidates; questions submitted to voters; availability for publication; state and city elections
- § 53. Mailing lists of voters; copies of measures, summaries, ballot question titles, statements and arguments to voters; public examination; petition for amendment
- § 54. Arguments on measures; preparation; submission, filing; printing; mailing
- § 58A. General Laws submitted to municipal voters for acceptance; form of question; filing date
- § 59. Packaging and delivery to city or town clerks
- § 60. Duties of city and town clerks; delivery to polls; receipts
- § 61. Failure to deliver; substitute ballots
- § 62. Biennial state elections
- § 63. Calling city and town elections; notice
- § 64. Notices or warrants; requisites; time of opening and closing polls
- § 65. Activities at polling places; regulations; penalties
- § 66. State ballot boxes; use and custody
- § 67. Voting lists; delivery and use; voting by persons not on list
- § 67A. Additional state ballot boxes; use in towns
- § 68. Statements made before public declaration of vote; penalties
- § 69. Persons permitted within guard rail
- § 70. Number of voters permitted within guard rail; voters in line at closing time
- § 71. Presiding officers; powers and duties
- § 71A. Supervision of election officers in cities and towns
- § 72. Preservation of order by police
- § 73. Smoking or intoxicating liquors in polling places prohibited; penalties
- § 74. Detention of offenders; effect on right to vote
- § 75. Report of violations; prosecutions
- § 76. Voting; giving name and address upon request; delivery of ballot
- § 76B. Failure to present voter identification; right to challenge vote
- § 76C. Provisional ballot
- § 77. Marking ballots
- § 78. Voting for presidential electors, governor, and lieutenant governor; marking ballots
- § 78A. List of candidates for electors pledged to presidential candidates other than those on official ballot; written acceptances; filing; certification; form of write-in or sticker vote
- § 79. Assistance in marking ballots
- § 80. Prohibited markings; use of red pencils or red ink by election officers
- § 81. Spoiled ballots
- § 82. Folding ballots; time for marking ballots
- § 83. Deposit of ballots, voting list check, endorsement
- § 84. Removal of ballots before close of polls
- § 85. Challenge of person's right to vote, procedures
- § 85A. Challengers
- § 86. Absent or physically disabled voters
- § 87. Preparation of absent voting ballots, envelopes, instructions
- § 88. Distribution of absent voting ballots
- § 89. Applications; seasonably filed; spoiled ballots; application by family member
- § 91. Applications; filing and certification; notation on voting lists; posting
- § 91A. Applications of specially qualified voters
- § 91B. Delivery of ballots
- § 91C. Absentee ballot for Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, or UOCAVA, voter; entering application for ballot into voter registration information system; transmission of absentee ballot
- § 92. Method of voting
- § 93. Time for mailing or delivering ballots
- § 94. Examination of ballots; acceptance or rejection
- § 95. Duties of election officers; deposit of absent voting ballots; receipt and counting of federal write-in absentee ballots
- § 96. Challenges
- § 97. Immaterial irregularities
- § 98. Absent voter unable to mark ballot
- § 99. Late ballots; disposition
- § 102. Printed information and instructions as to absent voting
- § 103. Jurisdiction of courts
- § 103A. Sections applicable to city and town elections, primaries and caucuses, and to regional vocational school district elections
- § 103P. City or town elections; preliminary elections or primaries
- § 103Q. Informality; liberal construction
- § 104. Use of state blank forms and apparatus; canvass of votes
- § 105. Proceedings at close of polls; counting votes; announcing and recording results
- § 105A. Electronic voting methods; proceedings at close of polls; counting of ballots; announcement of vote; transportation to tabulation center
- § 106. Defective ballots
- § 107. Enclosing and sealing ballots and voting lists; certification
- § 108. Copies of voting lists as checked
- § 109. Ballots and lists; custody; disposition
- § 109A. Audit of votes following presidential general election
- § 110. Rejection of records
- § 110A. Central tabulation facilities
- § 111. Examination of precinct records; errors; certification
- § 112. Copies of records of votes to state secretary
- § 113. Unsealed copies transmitted to state secretary; proceedings
- § 114. Endorsement or memorandum of receipt
- § 115. Copies of records of votes to governor and council; examination; determination of results
- § 116. Certification of results; summons; certificates of election
- § 116A. Election of person not listed on state ballot; financial interest statement
- § 117. Return to state secretary; laying before legislature; filing
- § 118. Presidential electors; copies of records of votes; proclamations; certificate of election
- § 119. Petition to court for declaration of election; notice; hearing
- § 120. Procedure; compulsion and immunity of witness
- § 121. Examination of records; certificates of election; notice to state secretary
- § 122. Board of examiners; duties; certificates of election; notice to state secretary
- § 123. Incomplete records; new copies of returns
- § 129. Copies of returns of votes; transmittal to state secretary
- § 130. Number of ballots cast; statement at length
- § 131. Violations; effect on records
- § 132. Number of names checked; certification
- § 133. Number of registered voters, etc.; report
- § 134. Contested elections; retention of ballots; recounts
- § 135. Petition for recount; filing; contents; examination; recounts; notice; amendment of records
- § 135A. Recount where voting machines used; period during which machines locked and sealed
- § 135B. Recount where electronic voting system used; petition specifying recount by hand
- § 136. Information regarding ballots cast by challenged voters
- § 137. Election results in cities; declaration before recounts; certificates of election
- § 138. Presidential electors
- § 140. Senators and representatives in congress; vacancies
- § 141. Representatives in general court; vacancies
- § 142. District attorneys and county officers
- § 143. County treasurers; registers of deeds
- § 143A. Register of deeds; vacancies
- § 144. County commissioners
- § 145. Death after election but before term
- § 146. Notice to state secretary
- § 147. Elections to fill vacancies
- § 148. Meetings; organization; record of proceedings
- § 149. Compensation
- § 150. State officers
- § 151. Presidential electors
- § 152. Senators in congress
- § 153. Representatives in congress
- § 154. District attorneys
- § 155. Clerks of courts
- § 156. Registers of probate
- § 157. Registers of deeds
- § 158. County commissioners
- § 159. Sheriffs
- § 160. County treasurers
- § 162. Regional district school committees members