{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-39-20","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, § 20","heading":"Precinct voting","body":"Section 20. Towns divided into voting precincts may, for their annual town election, establish precinct voting for all town officers to be chosen thereat, by accepting this section at a meeting held seventy days at least before the annual town meeting. The acceptance of this section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws may be revoked by the town at a meeting held seventy days at least before the annual town meeting; and if so revoked this section shall cease to be in force therein. Towns by vote or by-law may authorize voting precincts at special elections of town officers.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 39"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter39/Section20","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:28Z","sha256":"4fe8d3019e0ec4745d4f46a5bb1aadbc5520fc668919285246424e75970e2f73","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-39-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-39-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}