{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-17","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 17","heading":"Unlawful examination of ballots after election","body":"Section 17. A city or town clerk or an election commissioner who examines or permits to be examined, except as required by law, ballots cast at an election, which are received and retained by him under section one hundred and nine of chapter fifty-four, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section17","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"585995986274e810a3f44e32f90074b630e9e7aff38dced1b3cbc07aec163fbc","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-16","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}