{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-79","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 79","heading":"Assistance in marking ballots","body":"Section 79. A voter who states to the presiding officer that from blindness or other physical disability or inability to read or to read in the English language he is unable to prepare his ballot or register his vote upon a voting machine shall be assisted in such marking or registering by any person whom he may designate.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 54"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter54/Section79","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:49Z","sha256":"1a616fd9726f8776f4e58ea5901ba83d9fa30ae34cec2f2123fa10c222b197f4","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-78a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-54-80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}