{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-29","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 29","heading":"Unlawful interference with voter","body":"Section 29. Whoever wilfully and without lawful authority hinders, delays or interferes with, or aids in hindering, delaying or interfering with, a voter while on his way to a primary, caucus or election, while within the guard rail, while marking his ballot or while voting or attempting to vote, or endeavors to induce a voter, before depositing his ballot, to disclose how he marks or has marked it, 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/Section29","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"8a9ddbb06d0222f615ae5fbb1b3bc6a59146a82a317d4229992de49fe5cee6e9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-28","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}