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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 88 · Distribution of absent voting ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 89 · Applications; seasonably filed; spoiled ballots; application by family member
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 89A · Repealed, 1993, 475, Sec. 37
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 90 · Repealed, 1946, 140, Sec. 14
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 91 · Applications; filing and certification; notation on voting lists; posting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 91A · Applications of specially qualified voters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 91B · Delivery of ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 92 · Method of voting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 93 · Time for mailing or delivering ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 94 · Examination of ballots; acceptance or rejection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 95 · Duties of election officers; deposit of absent voting ballots; receipt and counting of federal write-in absentee ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 96 · Challenges
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 97 · Immaterial irregularities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 98 · Absent voter unable to mark ballot
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 99 · Late ballots; disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 100 · Repealed, 2022, 92, Sec. 22
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 101 · Repealed, 1987, 438, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 102 · Printed information and instructions as to absent voting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103 · Jurisdiction of courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103A · Sections applicable to city and town elections, primaries and caucuses, and to regional vocational school district elections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103B to 103H · Repealed, 1993, 475, Sec. 46
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103I · Repealed, 1967, 115, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103J to 103O · Repealed, 1993, 475, Sec. 46
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103P · City or town elections; preliminary elections or primaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103Q · Informality; liberal construction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 104 · Use of state blank forms and apparatus; canvass of votes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 105 · Proceedings at close of polls; counting votes; announcing and recording results
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 105A · Electronic voting methods; proceedings at close of polls; counting of ballots; announcement of vote; transportation to tabulation center
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 106 · Defective ballots
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 107 · Enclosing and sealing ballots and voting lists; certification
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 108 · Copies of voting lists as checked
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 109 · Ballots and lists; custody; disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 109A · Audit of votes following presidential general election
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 110 · Rejection of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 110A · Central tabulation facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 111 · Examination of precinct records; errors; certification
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 112 · Copies of records of votes to state secretary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 113 · Unsealed copies transmitted to state secretary; proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 114 · Endorsement or memorandum of receipt
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 115 · Copies of records of votes to governor and council; examination; determination of results
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 116 · Certification of results; summons; certificates of election
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 116A · Election of person not listed on state ballot; financial interest statement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 117 · Return to state secretary; laying before legislature; filing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 118 · Presidential electors; copies of records of votes; proclamations; certificate of election
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 119 · Petition to court for declaration of election; notice; hearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 120 · Procedure; compulsion and immunity of witness
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 121 · Examination of records; certificates of election; notice to state secretary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 122 · Board of examiners; duties; certificates of election; notice to state secretary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 123 · Incomplete records; new copies of returns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 124 to 128 · Repealed, 1946, 130, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 129 · Copies of returns of votes; transmittal to state secretary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 130 · Number of ballots cast; statement at length
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 131 · Violations; effect on records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 132 · Number of names checked; certification
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 133 · Number of registered voters, etc.; report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 134 · Contested elections; retention of ballots; recounts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 135 · Petition for recount; filing; contents; examination; recounts; notice; amendment of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 135A · Recount where voting machines used; period during which machines locked and sealed
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 135B · Recount where electronic voting system used; petition specifying recount by hand
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 136 · Information regarding ballots cast by challenged voters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 137 · Election results in cities; declaration before recounts; certificates of election
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 138 · Presidential electors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 139 · Repealed, 2004, 236, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 140 · Senators and representatives in congress; vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 141 · Representatives in general court; vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 142 · District attorneys and county officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 143 · County treasurers; registers of deeds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 143A · Register of deeds; vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 144 · County commissioners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 145 · Death after election but before term
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 146 · Notice to state secretary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 147 · Elections to fill vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 148 · Meetings; organization; record of proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 149 · Compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 150 · State officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 151 · Presidential electors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 152 · Senators in congress
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 153 · Representatives in congress
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 154 · District attorneys
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 155 · Clerks of courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 156 · Registers of probate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 157 · Registers of deeds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 158 · County commissioners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 159 · Sheriffs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 160 · County treasurers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 161 · Repealed, 1972, 735, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 162 · Regional district school committees members
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 2 · Accounts of contributions and expenditures; violations; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 3 · Director of campaign and political finance; selection; term; powers and duties; judicial review of decisions; procedure for violations; penalties; disclosure of fund transfers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 4 · Repealed, 1986, 631, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 5 · Political committees; statement of organization; officers; duties; expenditures; incorporation; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 5A · Elected public officials; principal officers of political action committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 5B · Names or phrases identifying political committees in organizational statements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 5C · Online training program for treasurers of political committees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 6 · Restrictions on expenditures; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 6A · Contributions from political action committees; limitations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 6B · Ballot question committee; contributions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 7 · Receipts, disbursements and contributions regulated; limitations; penalties