Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 55: Primaries for city and town nominations; objections; withdrawals

Section 55. The nomination of candidates of political and municipal parties to be voted for at city and town elections, in cities and towns where such nominations are permitted by law, and which vote that primaries shall be held therein, shall be made under sections twenty-three to forty, and fifty-six to sixty-four, both inclusive.

The provisions of section fifty-three A relative to filing objections to nominations at state primaries and to the withdrawal of names from nomination shall apply in the case of nominations at city or town primaries, except that such objections or withdrawals shall be filed with the city or town clerk.