{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-15","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 15","heading":"Eligibility of candidates","body":"Section 15. No person shall, at a state, city or town election, be eligible or act as an election officer in a voting precinct where he is a candidate for election; and if a person appointed an election officer becomes such a candidate, and does not forthwith resign his office, the mayor or selectmen, if he is a candidate at a state election, shall remove him from office before November first, or, if a candidate at a city election, the mayor shall so remove him at least eight days before the day of the election, or if a candidate at a town election the selectmen shall remove him before the election. Neither a town moderator nor any member of a board of selectmen shall be eligible or act as an election officer in a state or presidential primary, or state election.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 54"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter54/Section15","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:48Z","sha256":"1e8c1060816a17fab109a350889f13802248a4b313ba29997b44f93d97ff1a8a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-14","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}