{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-131","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 131","heading":"Violations; effect on records","body":"Section 131. A violation by a public officer or election officer of laws relative to providing ballot boxes, blank forms and other apparatus or to the care and preservation thereof, or to the manner of canvassing and counting votes, shall not invalidate any record or copy of a record or certificate made by a city, precinct or town clerk, or affect the title of a person declared to be elected to office.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 54"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter54/Section131","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:50Z","sha256":"9f9b2050ed8a4ea63a17c216a6dd511236a3ad6fb6dc5827ac523647d119abbd","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-130","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}