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§ 1 |
Decennial division of cities into wards and precincts |
§ 2 |
Division of cities and wards into voting precincts; census; effect upon formation of congressional, representative, senatorial or councillor districts |
§ 4 |
New divisions of cities into wards, when effective; congressional districts |
§ 5 |
Maps or descriptions of new divisions; publication and posting |
§ 6 |
Division of towns into voting precincts |
§ 7 |
Changes in voting precincts of towns |
§ 7A |
Dividing precincts to facilitate voting; applicable laws |
§ 8 |
Maps or descriptions of new precincts; posting |
§ 9 |
Discontinuance of voting precincts |
§ 9A |
Redivision into precincts or districts; elections thereafter; census |
§ 10 |
Changes in wards; notice to state secretary |
§ 11 |
Election officers in certain cities |
§ 11A |
Deputies |
§ 11B |
Filing for appointment in cities; procedure; eligibility; examinations |
§ 12 |
Election officers in towns; procedure; eligibility; examinations |
§ 13 |
Party representation; term of office; removal |
§ 14 |
Vacancies; appointment |
§ 15 |
Eligibility of candidates |
§ 16 |
Deputies; duties |
§ 16A |
Vacancies; appointments to fill |
§ 17 |
Ballot clerks; duties |
§ 20 |
Oath of office |
§ 22 |
Compensation of election officers |
§ 23 |
Supervisors of elections; political party representation; violations |
§ 24 |
Designation of polling places |
§ 25 |
Marking shelves and guard rails |
§ 25A |
Display of national flag |
§ 25B |
Early voting; application for early voting ballots; early voting period, sites and lists; counting of early voting ballots |
§ 25C |
Correctional facility; voting |
§ 26 |
State ballot boxes; furnishing |
§ 27 |
Blank forms and envelopes for returns; injury, tampering, or destruction; penalties |
§ 28 |
Care, custody and repair of ballot boxes, counting apparatus, and voting machines |
§ 29 |
Replacement of defective, lost or destroyed ballot boxes |
§ 30 |
Voting place or precinct seals; use and custody |
§ 30A |
Custodians of voting machines; duties; eligibility |
§ 31 |
Sending ballot boxes, blank forms, and counting apparatus to polls; installation of voting machines; voters’ authority certificates |
§ 32 |
Examination and approval of voting equipment |
§ 33 |
Requirements and use of voting machines, electronic voting systems, and ballots |
§ 33A |
Additional requirements for voting machines |
§ 33B |
Use of voting machines; regulations; mechanical failures |
§ 33C |
Instructions to voter after entering voting machine booth; re-entry after voting |
§ 33D |
Voting for persons not listed on ballot labels of machine |
§ 33E |
Electronic voting systems; marking implements; stickers or pasters on ballots; inspection; instructions to voters; write-in candidates |
§ 33F |
Computers and counting units; central tabulation centers; preparation; testing |
§ 33G |
Lease or purchase of marking units or tabulating units; bonds from manufacturers or distributors |
§ 33H |
Election officers for tabulation center; tabulation of votes |
§ 33I |
Examination of electronic poll books; compliance with minimum requirements; approval for use in elections |
§ 34 |
Use of voting machines by cities and towns |
§ 35 |
Public exhibition of voting machines; instruction to voters; delivery to polls; examination |
§ 35A |
Challenged or absent voting ballots where voting machines used; questions submitted to voters |
§ 35B |
Casting challenged votes where voting machines used; counting votes |
§ 36 |
Number of election officers present when voting machines used |
§ 37 |
Regulations for use of voting machines, ballot boxes, etc. |
§ 39 |
Seller’s bonds; electronic voting systems, voting machines or ballot boxes |
§ 40 |
Preparation and furnishing |
§ 41 |
Names; residences; political designation; incumbents |
§ 41A |
Governor and lieutenant governor candidates; grouping party nominees; order |
§ 42 |
Arrangement of names; blank spaces; name of city or town, etc. |
§ 42A |
Questions submitted to voters; designation |
§ 42B |
Public policy questions; placement on ballots |
§ 42C |
Deadline for ballot questions |
§ 43 |
Presidential electors; arrangement of names |
§ 43A |
State elections and primaries; officers to be elected; manner and order of appearance on ballots |
§ 44 |
Official ballots |
§ 45 |
Number of ballots provided; ballot labels for voting machines |
§ 46 |
Packaging ballots; record |
§ 47 |
Vacancies; printing ballots |
§ 48 |
Cards of instruction; specimen ballots; copies of information for voters material |
§ 48A |
Voters’ bill of rights; postings; preparation and revision |
§ 49 |
Lists of candidates; copies of proposed constitutional amendments or laws |
§ 50 |
City elections; posting names of candidates |
§ 51 |
Town elections; posting names of candidates |
§ 52 |
Lists of candidates; questions submitted to voters; availability for publication; state and city elections |
§ 53 |
Mailing lists of voters; copies of measures, summaries, ballot question titles, statements and arguments to voters; public examination; petition for amendment |
§ 54 |
Arguments on measures; preparation; submission, filing; printing; mailing |
§ 58A |
General Laws submitted to municipal voters for acceptance; form of question; filing date |
§ 59 |
Packaging and delivery to city or town clerks |
§ 60 |
Duties of city and town clerks; delivery to polls; receipts |
§ 61 |
Failure to deliver; substitute ballots |
§ 62 |
Biennial state elections |
§ 63 |
Calling city and town elections; notice |
§ 64 |
Notices or warrants; requisites; time of opening and closing polls |
§ 65 |
Activities at polling places; regulations; penalties |
§ 66 |
State ballot boxes; use and custody |
§ 67 |
Voting lists; delivery and use; voting by persons not on list |
§ 67A |
Additional state ballot boxes; use in towns |
§ 68 |
Statements made before public declaration of vote; penalties |
§ 69 |
Persons permitted within guard rail |
§ 70 |
Number of voters permitted within guard rail; voters in line at closing time |
§ 71 |
Presiding officers; powers and duties |
§ 71A |
Supervision of election officers in cities and towns |
§ 72 |
Preservation of order by police |
§ 73 |
Smoking or intoxicating liquors in polling places prohibited; penalties |
§ 74 |
Detention of offenders; effect on right to vote |
§ 75 |
Report of violations; prosecutions |
§ 76 |
Voting; giving name and address upon request; delivery of ballot |
§ 76B |
Failure to present voter identification; right to challenge vote |
§ 76C |
Provisional ballot |
§ 77 |
Marking ballots |
§ 78 |
Voting for presidential electors, governor, and lieutenant governor; marking ballots |
§ 78A |
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 |
§ 79 |
Assistance in marking ballots |
§ 80 |
Prohibited markings; use of red pencils or red ink by election officers |
§ 81 |
Spoiled ballots |
§ 82 |
Folding ballots; time for marking ballots |
§ 83 |
Deposit of ballots, voting list check, endorsement |
§ 84 |
Removal of ballots before close of polls |
§ 85 |
Challenge of person’s right to vote, procedures |
§ 85A |
Challengers |
§ 86 |
Absent or physically disabled voters |
§ 87 |
Preparation of absent voting ballots, envelopes, instructions |
§ 88 |
Distribution of absent voting ballots |
§ 89 |
Applications; seasonably filed; spoiled ballots; application by family member |
§ 91 |
Applications; filing and certification; notation on voting lists; posting |
§ 91A |
Applications of specially qualified voters |
§ 91B |
Delivery of ballots |
§ 91C |
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 |
§ 92 |
Method of voting |
§ 93 |
Time for mailing or delivering ballots |
§ 94 |
Examination of ballots; acceptance or rejection |
§ 95 |
Duties of election officers; deposit of absent voting ballots; receipt and counting of federal write-in absentee ballots |
§ 96 |
Challenges |
§ 97 |
Immaterial irregularities |
§ 98 |
Absent voter unable to mark ballot |
§ 99 |
Late ballots; disposition |
§ 102 |
Printed information and instructions as to absent voting |
§ 103 |
Jurisdiction of courts |
§ 103A |
Sections applicable to city and town elections, primaries and caucuses, and to regional vocational school district elections |
§ 103P |
City or town elections; preliminary elections or primaries |
§ 103Q |
Informality; liberal construction |
§ 104 |
Use of state blank forms and apparatus; canvass of votes |
§ 105 |
Proceedings at close of polls; counting votes; announcing and recording results |
§ 105A |
Electronic voting methods; proceedings at close of polls; counting of ballots; announcement of vote; transportation to tabulation center |
§ 106 |
Defective ballots |
§ 107 |
Enclosing and sealing ballots and voting lists; certification |
§ 108 |
Copies of voting lists as checked |
§ 109 |
Ballots and lists; custody; disposition |
§ 109A |
Audit of votes following presidential general election |
§ 110 |
Rejection of records |
§ 110A |
Central tabulation facilities |
§ 111 |
Examination of precinct records; errors; certification |
§ 112 |
Copies of records of votes to state secretary |
§ 113 |
Unsealed copies transmitted to state secretary; proceedings |
§ 114 |
Endorsement or memorandum of receipt |
§ 115 |
Copies of records of votes to governor and council; examination; determination of results |
§ 116 |
Certification of results; summons; certificates of election |
§ 116A |
Election of person not listed on state ballot; financial interest statement |
§ 117 |
Return to state secretary; laying before legislature; filing |
§ 118 |
Presidential electors; copies of records of votes; proclamations; certificate of election |
§ 119 |
Petition to court for declaration of election; notice; hearing |
§ 120 |
Procedure; compulsion and immunity of witness |
§ 121 |
Examination of records; certificates of election; notice to state secretary |
§ 122 |
Board of examiners; duties; certificates of election; notice to state secretary |
§ 123 |
Incomplete records; new copies of returns |
§ 129 |
Copies of returns of votes; transmittal to state secretary |
§ 130 |
Number of ballots cast; statement at length |
§ 131 |
Violations; effect on records |
§ 132 |
Number of names checked; certification |
§ 133 |
Number of registered voters, etc.; report |
§ 134 |
Contested elections; retention of ballots; recounts |
§ 135 |
Petition for recount; filing; contents; examination; recounts; notice; amendment of records |
§ 135A |
Recount where voting machines used; period during which machines locked and sealed |
§ 135B |
Recount where electronic voting system used; petition specifying recount by hand |
§ 136 |
Information regarding ballots cast by challenged voters |
§ 137 |
Election results in cities; declaration before recounts; certificates of election |
§ 138 |
Presidential electors |
§ 140 |
Senators and representatives in congress; vacancies |
§ 141 |
Representatives in general court; vacancies |
§ 142 |
District attorneys and county officers |
§ 143 |
County treasurers; registers of deeds |
§ 143A |
Register of deeds; vacancies |
§ 144 |
County commissioners |
§ 145 |
Death after election but before term |
§ 146 |
Notice to state secretary |
§ 147 |
Elections to fill vacancies |
§ 148 |
Meetings; organization; record of proceedings |
§ 149 |
Compensation |
§ 150 |
State officers |
§ 151 |
Presidential electors |
§ 152 |
Senators in congress |
§ 153 |
Representatives in congress |
§ 154 |
District attorneys |
§ 155 |
Clerks of courts |
§ 156 |
Registers of probate |
§ 157 |
Registers of deeds |
§ 158 |
County commissioners |
§ 159 |
Sheriffs |
§ 160 |
County treasurers |
§ 162 |
Regional district school committees members |