{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-14","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 14","heading":"Protected information; penalties","body":"Section 14. A primary, election or other officer whose duty it is to recount the ballots cast at a primary or election, who makes any statement or gives any information in regard to a ballot cast by a voter challenged at such primary or election, except as required by law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. A primary or election officer who makes any statement or gives any information in regard to a Confidential Registration certificate, as defined in section fifty-one A of chapter fifty-one, except as required by law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section14","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"ca7cddc558ffbb7b9eacb5c44f289e6fba899426f954de74f762ba833c904bb1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-13","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}