{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-51-44","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 44","heading":"Completion of affidavit of voter registration form","body":"Section 44. A person seeking to register shall complete an affidavit of voter registration form as prescribed in section thirty-six, and shall sign the affidavit under the penalty of perjury. A person registering as a voter may, at the same time, establish his enrollment in a political party or political designation, as provided in section thirty-eight of chapter fifty-three, by indicating his desire to be so enrolled on the affidavit of voter registration. The affidavit of any person who provides the registrars with a copy of a court order granting protection, or evidence of residence in a protective shelter, or an affidavit signed by a chief of police or his designee that said person is entitled to have certain information withheld from the public under section 24C of chapter 265, or a program participant in the address confidentiality program established under section 2 of chapter 9A shall not be a public record.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 51"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter51/Section44","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:46Z","sha256":"22c15e0dfff9fcd60ac758918578446eb455fe90f6ca0479a253e097d96c6508","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-51-43","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-51-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}