{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-26","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 26","heading":"Illegal voting or attempt to vote","body":"Section 26. Whoever, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in any place, wilfully votes or attempts to vote therein; whoever votes or attempts to vote more than once on his own name, his name having been registered more than once; whoever votes or attempts to vote in more than one voting precinct or town, his name having been registered in more than one voting precinct or town; whoever votes or attempts to vote in any name other than his own, or knowingly casts or attempts to cast more than one ballot at one time of balloting; or whoever votes or attempts to vote otherwise illegally, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section26","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"d90c8880e586e18fa9255d7f8b8f2713c91d2fd48b904c2ad8f092b6b9707564","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-25","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}