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Decennial Division of Cities Into Wards and Precincts

Division of Cities and Wards Into Voting Precincts; Census; Effect Upon Formation of Congressional, Representative, Senatorial or Councillor Districts

Repealed, 1971, 820, Sec. 5

New Divisions of Cities Into Wards, When Effective; Congressional Districts

Maps or Descriptions of New Divisions; Publication and Posting

Division of Towns Into Voting Precincts

Changes in Voting Precincts of Towns

Dividing Precincts to Facilitate Voting; Applicable Laws

Maps or Descriptions of New Precincts; Posting

Discontinuance of Voting Precincts

Redivision Into Precincts or Districts; Elections Thereafter; Census

Changes in Wards; Notice to State Secretary

Election Officers in Certain Cities

Deputies

Filing for Appointment in Cities; Procedure; Eligibility; Examinations

Election Officers in Towns; Procedure; Eligibility; Examinations

Party Representation; Term of Office; Removal

Vacancies; Filling

Eligibility of Candidates

Deputies; Duties

Vacancies; Appointments to Fill

Ballot Clerks; Duties

19 - Repealed, 1960, 431, Sec. 4

Oath of Office

Repealed, 1960, 431, Sec. 4

Compensation of Election Officers

Supervisors of Elections; Political Party Representation; Violations

Designation of Polling Places

Marking Shelves and Guard Rails

Display of National Flag

Early Voting; Application for Early Voting Ballots; Early Voting Period, Sites and Lists; Counting of Early Voting Ballots

State Ballot Boxes; Furnishing

Blank Forms and Envelopes for Returns; Injury, Tampering, or Destruction; Penalties

Care, Custody and Repair of Ballot Boxes, Counting Apparatus, and Voting Machines

Replacement of Defective, Lost or Destroyed Ballot Boxes

Voting Place or Precinct Seals; Use and Custody

Custodians of Voting Machines; Duties; Eligibility

Sending Ballot Boxes, Blank Forms, and Counting Apparatus to Polls; Installation of Voting Machines; Voters' Authority Certificates

Examination and Approval of Voting Equipment

Requirements and Use of Voting Machines, Electronic Voting Systems, and Ballots

Additional Requirements for Voting Machines

Use of Voting Machines; Regulations; Mechanical Failures

Instructions to Voter After Entering Voting Machine Booth; Re-Entry After Voting

Voting for Persons Not Listed on Ballot Labels of Machine

Electronic Voting Systems; Marking Implements; Stickers or Pasters on Ballots; Inspection; Instructions to Voters; Write-in Candidates

Computers and Counting Units; Central Tabulation Centers; Preparation; Testing

Lease or Purchase of Marking Units or Tabulating Units; Bonds From Manufacturers or Distributors

Election Officers for Tabulation Center; Tabulation of Votes

Examination of Electronic Poll Books; Compliance With Minimum Requirements; Approval for Use in Elections

Use of Voting Machines by Cities and Towns

Public Exhibition of Voting Machines; Instruction to Voters; Delivery to Polls; Examination

Challenged or Absent Voting Ballots Where Voting Machines Used; Questions Submitted to Voters

Casting Challenged Votes Where Voting Machines Used; Counting Votes

Number of Election Officers Present When Voting Machines Used

Regulations for Use of Voting Machines, Ballot Boxes, Etc.

Repealed, 1977, 930, Sec. 8

Seller's Bonds; Electronic Voting Systems, Voting Machines or Ballot Boxes

Preparation and Furnishing

Names; Residences; Political Designation; Incumbents

Governor and Lieutenant Governor Candidates; Grouping Party Nominees; Order

Arrangement of Names; Blank Spaces; Name of City or Town, Etc.

Questions Submitted to Voters; Designation

Public Policy Questions; Placement on Ballots

Deadline for Ballot Questions

Presidential Electors; Arrangement of Names

State Elections and Primaries; Officers to Be Elected; Manner and Order of Appearance on Ballots

Official Ballots

Number of Ballots Provided; Ballot Labels for Voting Machines

Packaging Ballots; Record

Vacancies; Printing Ballots

Cards of Instruction; Specimen Ballots; Copies of Information for Voters Material

Voters' Bill of Rights; Postings; Preparation and Revision

Lists of Candidates; Copies of Proposed Constitutional Amendments or Laws

City Elections; Posting Names of Candidates

Town Elections; Posting Names of Candidates

Lists of Candidates; Questions Submitted to Voters; Availability for Publication; State and City Elections

Mailing Lists of Voters; Copies of Measures, Summaries, Ballot Question Titles, Statements and Arguments to Voters; Public Examination; Petition for Amendment

Arguments on Measures; Preparation; Submission, Filing; Printing; Mailing

To 58 - Repealed, 1991, 234, Sec. 11

General Laws Submitted to Municipal Voters for Acceptance; Form of Question; Filing Date

Packaging and Delivery to City or Town Clerks

Duties of City and Town Clerks; Delivery to Polls; Receipts

Failure to Deliver; Substitute Ballots

Biennial State Elections

Calling City and Town Elections; Notice

Notices or Warrants; Requisites; Time of Opening and Closing Polls

Activities at Polling Places; Regulations; Penalties

State Ballot Boxes; Use and Custody

Voting Lists; Delivery and Use; Voting by Persons Not on List

Additional State Ballot Boxes; Use in Towns

Statements Made Before Public Declaration of Vote; Penalties

Persons Permitted Within Guard Rail

Number of Voters Permitted Within Guard Rail; Voters in Line at Closing Time

Presiding Officers; Powers and Duties

Supervision of Election Officers in Cities and Towns

Preservation of Order by Police

Smoking or Intoxicating Liquors in Polling Places Prohibited; Penalties

Detention of Offenders; Effect on Right to Vote

Report of Violations; Prosecutions

Voting; Giving Name and Address Upon Request; Delivery of Ballot

Repealed, 1975, 95

Failure to Present Voter Identification; Right to Challenge Vote

Provisional Ballot

Marking Ballots

Repealed, 1972, 400, Sec. 8

Voting for Presidential Electors, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor; Marking Ballots

List of Candidates for Electors Pledged to Presidential Candidates Other Than Those on Official Ballot; Written Acceptances; Filing; Certification; Form of Write-in or Sticker Vote

Assistance in Marking Ballots

Prohibited Markings; Use of Red Pencils or Red Ink by Election Officers

Spoiled Ballots

Folding Ballots; Time for Marking Ballots

Deposit of Ballots, Voting List Check, Endorsement

Removal of Ballots Before Close of Polls

Challenge of Person's Right to Vote, Procedures

Challengers

Absent or Physically Disabled Voters

Preparation of Absent Voting Ballots, Envelopes, Instructions

Distribution of Absent Voting Ballots

Applications; Seasonably Filed; Spoiled Ballots; Application by Family Member

Repealed, 1993, 475, Sec. 37

Repealed, 1946, 140, Sec. 14

Applications; Filing and Certification; Notation on Voting Lists; Posting

Applications of Specially Qualified Voters

Delivery of Ballots

Absentee Ballot for Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, or Uocava, Voter; Entering Application for Ballot Into Voter Registration Information System; Transmission of Absentee Ballot

Method of Voting

Time for Mailing or Delivering Ballots

Examination of Ballots; Acceptance or Rejection

Duties of Election Officers; Deposit of Absent Voting Ballots; Receipt and Counting of Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots

Challenges

Immaterial Irregularities

Absent Voter Unable to Mark Ballot

Late Ballots; Disposition

Voting in Person; Death of Absent Voter

Repealed, 1987, 438, Sec. 8

Printed Information and Instructions as to Absent Voting

Jurisdiction of Courts

Sections Applicable to City and Town Elections, Primaries and Caucuses, and to Regional Vocational School District Elections

To 103h - Repealed, 1993, 475, Sec. 46

Repealed, 1967, 115, Sec. 1

To 103o - Repealed, 1993, 475, Sec. 46

City or Town Elections; Preliminary Elections or Primaries

Informality; Liberal Construction

Use of State Blank Forms and Apparatus; Canvass of Votes

Proceedings at Close of Polls; Counting Votes; Announcing and Recording Results

Electronic Voting Methods; Proceedings at Close of Polls; Counting of Ballots; Announcement of Vote; Transportation to Tabulation Center

Defective Ballots

Enclosing and Sealing Ballots and Voting Lists; Certification

Copies of Voting Lists as Checked

Ballots and Lists; Custody; Disposition

Audit of Votes Following Presidential General Election

Rejection of Records

Central Tabulation Facilities

Examination of Precinct Records; Errors; Certification

Copies of Records of Votes to State Secretary

Unsealed Copies Transmitted to State Secretary; Proceedings

Endorsement or Memorandum of Receipt

Copies of Records of Votes to Governor and Council; Examination; Determination of Results

Certification of Results; Summons; Certificates of Election

Election of Person Not Listed on State Ballot; Financial Interest Statement

Return to State Secretary; Laying Before Legislature; Filing

Presidential Electors; Copies of Records of Votes; Proclamations; Certificate of Election

Petition to Court for Declaration of Election; Notice; Hearing

Procedure; Compulsion and Immunity of Witness

Examination of Records; Certificates of Election; Notice to State Secretary

Board of Examiners; Duties; Certificates of Election; Notice to State Secretary

Incomplete Records; New Copies of Returns

To 128 - Repealed, 1946, 130, Sec. 4

Copies of Returns of Votes; Transmittal to State Secretary

Number of Ballots Cast; Statement at Length

Violations; Effect on Records

Number of Names Checked; Certification

Number of Registered Voters, etc.; Report

Contested Elections; Retention of Ballots; Recounts

Petition for Recount; Filing; Contents; Examination; Recounts; Notice; Amendment of Records

Recount Where Voting Machines Used; Period During Which Machines Locked and Sealed

Recount Where Electronic Voting System Used; Petition Specifying Recount by Hand

Information Regarding Ballots Cast by Challenged Voters

Election Results in Cities; Declaration Before Recounts; Certificates of Election

Presidential Electors

Repealed, 2004, 236, Sec. 5

Senators and Representatives in Congress; Vacancies

Representatives in General Court; Vacancies

District Attorneys and County Officers

County Treasurers; Registers of Deeds

Register of Deeds; Vacancies

County Commissioners

Death After Election but Before Term

Notice to State Secretary

Elections to Fill Vacancies

Meetings; Organization; Record of Proceedings

Compensation

State Officers

Presidential Electors

Senators in Congress

Representatives in Congress

District Attorneys

Clerks of Courts

Registers of Probate

Registers of Deeds

County Commissioners

Sheriffs

County Treasurers

Repealed, 1972, 735, Sec. 10

Regional District School Committees Members