{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-100","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 100","heading":"Proceedings in towns when papers not filed","body":"Section 100. If, in a town, nomination papers placing persons in nomination for all the offices to be filled at a caucus are not filed, or upon a vacancy by death or otherwise, except a withdrawal, the chairman or secretary of the town committee shall forthwith call a meeting of said committee, which shall have all the powers relative to the nomination of candidates conferred in the preceding section upon a ward committee and the chairman and secretary of a city committee.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 53"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter53/Section100","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:47Z","sha256":"601492b9d7e62db5b7dd14a95a8fe2a387ea20eca9b22f1c9bdbba403ca6d4fa","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-99","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}