{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-22","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 22","heading":"Instructions to representatives; necessity of majority vote","body":"Section 22. No vote under the three preceding sections shall be regarded as an instruction under article nineteen of the bill of rights of the constitution of the commonwealth, unless the question submitted receives a majority of all the votes cast at that election.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 53"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter53/Section22","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:46Z","sha256":"c07f62b3226564c890ef2dc0c4bd2d734c3c61708bb49d23995997e350ad617f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-21","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-22a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}