{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 24","heading":"Lists of candidates; instructions for voters; supplies; defacement or destruction","body":"Section 24. Whoever, before a primary or election, wilfully defaces or destroys any list of candidates posted according to law, or, during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully defaces, tears down, removes or destroys any card of instruction or specimen ballot posted for the instruction of voters, or during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"14f5b04be2b0c5980c33ff339c3064962deb918998933f3445c5d047bf041fa8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}