{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-70g","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 70G","heading":"Filling vacancies","body":"Section 70G. In case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate for state committee, the vacancy may be filled as provided in section forty-nine.\nIn case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate for a ward or town committee, the vacancy may not be filled but members may be added as provided in section four of chapter fifty-two.\nIf there is a tie vote, as defined in section fifty-three, for members of the state committee it shall be filled by the ward and town committees of the district in which it exists.\nIf there is a vacancy in a ward or town committee caused by a tie or a failure to elect the number provided for in section nine of chapter fifty-two the members elected shall fill the vacancy.\nAll vacancies caused by ties shall be filled only by the choice of one of the candidates receiving the tie vote.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 53"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter53/Section70G","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:47Z","sha256":"201cc9c256014bfb5ee09d6c21636e0e1b9ff7868ebf0c5ad3e51ecf43fa5622","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-70f","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-53-70h"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}