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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 15 · Eligibility of candidates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 16 · Deputies; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 16A · Vacancies; appointments to fill
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 17 · Ballot clerks; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 18, 19 · Repealed, 1960, 431, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 20 · Oath of office
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 21 · Repealed, 1960, 431, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 22 · Compensation of election officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 23 · Supervisors of elections; political party representation; violations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 24 · Designation of polling places
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 25 · Marking shelves and guard rails
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 25A · Display of national flag
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 25B · Early voting; application for early voting ballots; early voting period, sites and lists; counting of early voting ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 25C · Correctional facility; voting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 26 · State ballot boxes; furnishing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 27 · Blank forms and envelopes for returns; injury, tampering, or destruction; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 28 · Care, custody and repair of ballot boxes, counting apparatus, and voting machines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 29 · Replacement of defective, lost or destroyed ballot boxes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 30 · Voting place or precinct seals; use and custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 30A · Custodians of voting machines; duties; eligibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 31 · Sending ballot boxes, blank forms, and counting apparatus to polls; installation of voting machines; voters' authority certificates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 32 · Examination and approval of voting equipment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33 · Requirements and use of voting machines, electronic voting systems, and ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33A · Additional requirements for voting machines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33B · Use of voting machines; regulations; mechanical failures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33C · Instructions to voter after entering voting machine booth; re-entry after voting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33D · Voting for persons not listed on ballot labels of machine
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33E · Electronic voting systems; marking implements; stickers or pasters on ballots; inspection; instructions to voters; write-in candidates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33F · Computers and counting units; central tabulation centers; preparation; testing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33G · Lease or purchase of marking units or tabulating units; bonds from manufacturers or distributors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33H · Election officers for tabulation center; tabulation of votes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 33I · Examination of electronic poll books; compliance with minimum requirements; approval for use in elections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 34 · Use of voting machines by cities and towns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 35 · Public exhibition of voting machines; instruction to voters; delivery to polls; examination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 35A · Challenged or absent voting ballots where voting machines used; questions submitted to voters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 35B · Casting challenged votes where voting machines used; counting votes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 36 · Number of election officers present when voting machines used
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 37 · Regulations for use of voting machines, ballot boxes, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 38 · Repealed, 1977, 930, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 39 · Seller's bonds; electronic voting systems, voting machines or ballot boxes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 40 · Preparation and furnishing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 41 · Names; residences; political designation; incumbents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 41A · Governor and lieutenant governor candidates; grouping party nominees; order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 42 · Arrangement of names; blank spaces; name of city or town, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 42A · Questions submitted to voters; designation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 42B · Public policy questions; placement on ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 42C · Deadline for ballot questions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 43 · Presidential electors; arrangement of names
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 43A · State elections and primaries; officers to be elected; manner and order of appearance on ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 44 · Official ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 45 · Number of ballots provided; ballot labels for voting machines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 46 · Packaging ballots; record
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 47 · Vacancies; printing ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 48 · Cards of instruction; specimen ballots; copies of information for voters material
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 48A · Voters' bill of rights; postings; preparation and revision
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 49 · Lists of candidates; copies of proposed constitutional amendments or laws
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 50 · City elections; posting names of candidates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 51 · Town elections; posting names of candidates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 52 · Lists of candidates; questions submitted to voters; availability for publication; state and city elections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 53 · Mailing lists of voters; copies of measures, summaries, ballot question titles, statements and arguments to voters; public examination; petition for amendment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 54 · Arguments on measures; preparation; submission, filing; printing; mailing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 55 to 58 · Repealed, 1991, 234, Sec. 11
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 58A · General Laws submitted to municipal voters for acceptance; form of question; filing date
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 59 · Packaging and delivery to city or town clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 60 · Duties of city and town clerks; delivery to polls; receipts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 61 · Failure to deliver; substitute ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 62 · Biennial state elections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 63 · Calling city and town elections; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 64 · Notices or warrants; requisites; time of opening and closing polls
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 65 · Activities at polling places; regulations; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 66 · State ballot boxes; use and custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 67 · Voting lists; delivery and use; voting by persons not on list
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 67A · Additional state ballot boxes; use in towns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 68 · Statements made before public declaration of vote; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 69 · Persons permitted within guard rail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 70 · Number of voters permitted within guard rail; voters in line at closing time
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 71 · Presiding officers; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 71A · Supervision of election officers in cities and towns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 72 · Preservation of order by police
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 73 · Smoking or intoxicating liquors in polling places prohibited; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 74 · Detention of offenders; effect on right to vote
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 75 · Report of violations; prosecutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 76 · Voting; giving name and address upon request; delivery of ballot
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 76A · Repealed, 1975, 95
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 76B · Failure to present voter identification; right to challenge vote
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 76C · Provisional ballot
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 77 · Marking ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 77A · Repealed, 1972, 400, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 78 · Voting for presidential electors, governor, and lieutenant governor; marking ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 79 · Assistance in marking ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 80 · Prohibited markings; use of red pencils or red ink by election officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 81 · Spoiled ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 82 · Folding ballots; time for marking ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 83 · Deposit of ballots, voting list check, endorsement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 84 · Removal of ballots before close of polls
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 85 · Challenge of person's right to vote, procedures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 85A · Challengers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 86 · Absent or physically disabled voters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 87 · Preparation of absent voting ballots, envelopes, instructions