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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 47C · Central registry of voters; agreement with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 48 · Complaint; time for filing; summons and service of process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 49 · Examination of persons summoned; status for annual register; failure to appear
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 50 · Supplementary registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 51 · Certificate of supplementary registration; voting thereon
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 51A · Confidential registration certificate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 52 · Duties of registrars
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 52A · Solicitation of votes and distribution of campaign literature in registration offices prohibited; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 53 · Police assistance at meetings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 54 · Supervisors of registration; appointment; duties; interference with supervisors; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 55 · Preparation of voting lists; contents and arrangement; distribution; revisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 56 · Repealed, 1981, 143, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 57 · Posting of lists; copies for state political committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 58 · New names added to lists; distribution of copies; posting or publication
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 58A · Repealed, 1988, 79, Sec. 16
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 59 · Certificate in case of omissions or clerical errors; voting procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 59A · Repealed, 2004, 334, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 60 · Voting lists for use at polls
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 61 · Certification of registered voters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 62 · Certified copies for use at caucus; party enrollment designations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 63 · Lists furnished for new wards and voting precincts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 64 · Online portal for verification of registration or pre-registration status
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 65 · Administration of automatic voter registration; duties of registrars upon receipt of electronic records; electronic interfaces; annual reports; opting out; liability of ineligible persons registered under this section; use of information for purposes other than voter registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 66 · Provision of data to state secretary for maintenance of voter lists; provision of data to Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc.; centralized data management
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 1 · State committees; election; organization; terms; vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 1A · Repealed, 1950, 280, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 2 · Ward and town committees; elections; terms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 3 · City committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 4 · City, ward and town committees; organization; failure to elect or organize
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 5 · Lists of officers, members and associate members; acceptance of office of treasurer; filing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 6 · Vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 7 · Disposition of funds upon redivision of city into wards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 8 · Election of existing committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 9 · Ward and town committees; number of members to be elected at presidential primaries; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, § 10 · Rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 1 · Parties entitled to make nominations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 2 · Nominations and elections; necessity; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 3 · Nomination of person not printed on primary ballot; acceptance; statement of financial interest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 4 · Conventions to nominate candidates; dates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 5 · Certificate of nomination; contents; signatures; filing; written acceptance of candidate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 6 · Nomination papers; contents; number of signatures; unenrolled candidates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 7 · Nomination papers; signatures; addresses; submission; deadlines; correction procedures; certification and checking; special elections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 7A · Nomination papers for city offices; deadlines; signatures; certification and checking
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 8 · Certificates of nomination and nomination papers; contents; party designation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 9 · Certificate of nomination and nomination papers; certification of candidate as registered voter; acceptance procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 9A · Nomination papers for cities or towns; applicable provisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 10 · Certificates of nomination and nomination papers; time for filing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 11 · Certificates of nomination and nomination papers; objections; filing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 12, 12A · Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 13 · Withdrawal of nominated candidates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 14 · Death, withdrawal or ineligibility of nominated candidates; filling vacancies; objections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 15 · Certificate of nomination to fill vacancy; contents; acceptance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 16 · Certificates of nomination, etc.; public inspection; preservation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 17 · Blank forms for nominations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 17A · Procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 18 · Proposed amendments to federal constitution; opinion of voters ascertained
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 18A · Nonbinding public opinion advisory questions on local ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 18B · Information relating to questions on city, town or district ballot; contents; written arguments by principal proponents and opponents; public inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 19 · Questions of public policy submitted in certain districts upon application
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 20 · Applications; signatures; identification; certification; submission
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 21 · Applications; filing deadline; number of questions; resubmission
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 22 · Instructions to representatives; necessity of majority vote
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 22A · Signing petitions; forms; receipt; filing date
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 22B · Repealed, 1985, 124
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 23 · Sections applicable to all primaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 24 · Applicability of sections relating to elections and corrupt practices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 25 · Withdrawal of nominations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 26 · Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 27 · Repealed, 1980, 134, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 28 · Dates and places for holding primaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 29 · Designation of primary officers; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 30 · Designation of primary officers; wards or towns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 31 · Ineligibility to act as primary officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 32 · Ballots; preparation; number
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 33 · Ballots; color; specimen ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 34 · Ballots; contents; arrangement; form
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 34A · Absentee ballots; application; forms; envelopes; preparation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 35 · Cross constituting as vote
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 35A · Use of pasters or stickers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 35B · Persons nominated by pasters or write-ins; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 36 · Delivery of ballots, etc., at polling places; posting specimen ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 37 · Party enrollment of voters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 37A · Absentee ballots; application; unenrolled voters; recording upon voting lists
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 38 · Party designation of voters and eligibility to vote under party enrollments; certificate to establish, change or cancel enrollment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 38A · Enrolled and unenrolled voters; precinct count
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 39 · Counting votes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 39A · Repealed, 1966, 176, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 40 · Number of votes necessary to nominate candidate not on ballot
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 40A · Petitions for recounts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 41 · Sections applicable to nominations at state primaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 42 · Primaries held by wards, precincts or groups of precincts; notice to state secretary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 43 · Polls; hours when open
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 44 · Nomination papers; number of signatures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 45 · Nomination papers; contents; signatures; acceptance; number of candidates; penalty provisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 46 · Nomination papers; submission to registrars; certification; correction of district; number of names
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 47 · Nomination papers; preparation; availability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 48 · Nomination papers; certificates of nomination; filing; political party membership; term limits
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 48A · Repealed, 1985, 477, Sec. 21
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 49 · Nomination in case of withdrawal, death or ineligibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 50 · Vacancies caused by withdrawal; nominations to fill; objections