{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-27","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 27","heading":"Absent voting laws; violations","body":"Section 27. Whoever, not being entitled to vote under the laws relative to absent voting, votes or attempts to vote thereunder or whoever being entitled to vote under said laws knowingly votes or attempts to vote in violation thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and by imprisonment for not more than five years.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section27","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"73f07e2ec135ecdae0b0ffe06ffd5f6906bfa0236ab7824bef4f243d91ee8434","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-26","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-27a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}