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Section 1 - Qualifications of Voters - Section 1. Every citizen eighteen years of age or older,...
Section 1f - Persons Not Included in Register of Voters - [Text of section effective until July 22, 2022. For text...
Section 2 - Name of Registered Voter Changed - Section 2. A registered voter who chooses to adopt a...
Section 3 - Place of Registration and Voting; Change of Residence - Section 3. For all elections and primaries held prior to...
Section 4 - Making of Lists by Registrars or Boards - Section 4. (a) Registrars, assistant registrars, or boards having similar...
Section 4a - Notifying Residents of Opportunity to Register - Section 4A. During the course of the annual listing of...
Section 6 - Street Lists - Section 6. Except in any city or town as to...
Section 7 - Form, Contents and Distribution of Street Lists - Section 7. On the lists prepared under section six for...
Section 8 - Persons Omitted From Lists; Certificate - Section 8. If a resident in a city or town,...
Section 10a - Statements by Innholders, Etc. - Section 10A. Every innholder licensed under any provision of chapter...
Section 11 - Records Kept - Section 11. The registrars, except in any city or town...
Section 12 - Posting of Penalty Sections - Section 12. In all registration agencies and other government offices...
Section 14 - Death of Resident; Notice - Section 14. The city or town clerk or other officer...
Section 14a - Assistance in Making Lists - Section 14A. In the making of lists under sections four...
Section 14b - Applicability of Chapter to Cities and Towns Governed by Special Law - Section 14B. In cities and towns in which the duty...
Section 15 - Board of Registrars in Certain Cities and Towns; Appointment; Term of Office - Section 15. Except as provided in section seventeen, there shall...
Section 16a - Board of Election Commissioners; Powers and Duties; Members; Appointment; Term of Office - Section 16A. In every city except Cambridge and every town...
Section 17 - Board of Registrars in Certain Cities; Appointment; Term of Office - Section 17. In every city, other than one having a...
Section 17a - Annual Training on State and Federal Election Laws and Regulations - Section 17A. In each municipality, the city or town clerk...
Section 18 - Political Representation by Board of Registrars - Section 18. In the original and in each succeeding appointment...
Section 19 - Unequal Political Representation; Notice and Hearing - Section 19. If, upon written complaint to the mayor or...
Section 20 - Vacancies in Board of Registrars; Temporary Registrars - Section 20. If there is a vacancy in the board...
Section 21 - Registrars; Term of Office - Section 21. Each registrar shall, unless sooner removed, hold his...
Section 22 - Assistant Registrars in Cities and Towns; Appointment; Term; Political Representation - Section 22. The registrars in cities and towns may appoint...
Section 22a - Absent Registration Officers; Appointment; Political Representation; Physically Disabled Registrants - Section 22A. In every city and town the registrars of...
Section 23 - Registrars, Assistant Registrars and Absent Registration Officers; Oath of Office; Compensation - Section 23. The registrars, assistant registrars and absent registration officers...
Section 24 - Powers and Duties - Section 24. The registrars may cause the duties devolving upon...
Section 25 - Registrars; Assistant Registrars; Compatibility of Offices - Section 25. Every person appointed as a registrar or assistant...
Section 26 - Registration Sessions - [ Text of section effective until July 22, 2022. For...
Section 26a - High School Voter Challenge Program - Section 26A. (a) The state secretary, in consultation with the...
Section 28 - Last Day for Registration - [ Text of section effective until July 22, 2022. For...
Section 31 - Final Day for Registration - Section 31. If the final day for registration of voters...
Section 32 - Places and Hours of Sessions; Notices - Section 32. Registrars shall seasonably post or publish notices stating...
Section 33 - Affidavits of Registration - Section 33. Any registrar, at such places as may be...
Section 33a - Online Completion of Affidavit of Registration - [ Text of section effective until June 22, 2022. For...
Section 34 - Persons Not Registered at Close of Registration - Section 34. After eight o'clock in the evening of a...
Section 35 - Omitted Listings Compared With Annual Register of Voters; Exceptions - Section 35. Except in any city or town as to...
Section 36 - Affidavit of Voter Registration; Distribution; Expenses - Section 36. The state secretary shall prepare in sufficient quantity...
Section 37 - Annual Register; Omitted Names; Notice - Section 37. The registrars, as soon as they have prepared...
Section 37a - Inactive Voters List - Section 37A. The name and address of a voter that...
Section 38 - Revisions and Corrections of Registers, Etc. - Section 38. The registrars shall, upon the personal application of...
Section 40 - Public Sessions; Inspection of Records - Section 40. The registrars shall perform their duties in open...
Section 41 - Preservation of Documents - Section 41. The registrars shall preserve all written applications, complaints,...
Section 41a - Duties Imposed by Secs. 10a and 37 in Cities Not Having Registrars - Section 41A. The duties imposed by sections ten A and...
Section 42 - Affidavit of Registration; Exception - Section 42. Registration as a voter shall be by affidavit...
Section 42a - Physically Disabled Applicants - Section 42A. Any person claiming to have the qualifications for...
Section 42c - Registration Sessions in High Schools and Vocational Schools - Section 42C. In any city or town which accepts the...
Section 42d - Registration Sessions in Regional High Schools, Colleges or Universities - Section 42D. The registrars or election commissioners may hold registration...
Section 42e - Voter Registration Affidavit Forms for College, High School and Vocational School Students - Section 42E. All public and independent colleges, universities, high schools...
Section 42f - Affidavits of Registration From Registrants Residing in Other Cities or Towns - Section 42F. At every registration session held pursuant to this...
Section 42g - Transmission of Completed Affidavits to City or Town Where Registrant Resides; Cooperative Agreements - Section 42G. (a) Registration agencies required to provide voter registration...
Section 42g1/2 - Automatic Voter Registration Agencies; Data Sharing - Section 42G1/2. (a)(1) For purposes of this section and section...
Section 42h - Receipt of Completed Affidavit by Registrar - Section 42H. Registrars of voters in cities and towns shall...
Section 44 - Completion of Affidavit of Voter Registration Form - Section 44. A person seeking to register shall complete an...
Section 45a - Production of Naturalization Papers for Inspection; Notation - Section 45A. An applicant for registration may produce papers of...
Section 46 - Affidavit of Registration; Filing; Addition of Voter's Name to Annual Register - Section 46. Upon receipt of a completed affidavit of registration,...
Section 46a - Transmittal of Duplicate Certificate of Registration to Place of Voter's Last Registration - Section 46A. Except as provided in section forty-seven, the registrars,...
Section 47 - Rejection of Defective Affidavit of Registration; Notices to Person Named - Section 47. If, after examination of an affidavit of registration,...
Section 47a - Pre-Registration of Persons Having Obtained the Age of 16 - Section 47A. If, after examination of an affidavit of registration,...
Section 47b - False Statements in Affidavit of Registration; Complaint and Summons; Examination of Qualifications - Section 47B. If at any time subsequent to the registration...
Section 47c - Central Registry of Voters; Agreement With Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. - Section 47C. Subject to appropriation, the state secretary shall maintain...
Section 48 - Complaint; Time for Filing; Summons and Service of Process - Section 48. Upon complaint signed and sworn to by a...
Section 49 - Examination of Persons Summoned; Status for Annual Register; Failure to Appear - Section 49. If a person summoned before the registrars to...
Section 50 - Supplementary Registration - Section 50. Any legal resident of the commonwealth who was...
Section 51 - Certificate of Supplementary Registration; Voting Thereon - Section 51. To every person registered under section fifty the...
Section 51a - Confidential Registration Certificate - Section 51A. To every person whose affidavit of voter registration...
Section 52 - Duties of Registrars - Section 52. A registrar shall enforce regularity in all proceedings...
Section 52a - Solicitation of Votes and Distribution of Campaign Literature in Registration Offices Prohibited; Penalties - Section 52A. No candidate for public office, or any person...
Section 53 - Police Assistance at Meetings - Section 53. The board of police or officer in charge...
Section 54 - Supervisors of Registration; Appointment; Duties; Interference With Supervisors; Penalties - Section 54. The governor, with the advice and consent of...
Section 55 - Preparation of Voting Lists; Contents and Arrangement; Distribution; Revisions - Section 55. Registrars shall, from the names entered in the...
Section 57 - Posting of Lists; Copies for State Political Committees - Section 57. They shall, at least twenty days before the...
Section 58 - New Names Added to Lists; Distribution of Copies; Posting or Publication - Section 58. If a new name is added to the...
Section 59 - Certificate in Case of Omissions or Clerical Errors; Voting Procedure - Section 59. Whenever the name of a voter, appearing at...
Section 60 - Voting Lists for Use at Polls - Section 60. Before every election and meeting in a city...
Section 61 - Certification of Registered Voters - Section 61. They shall forthwith, after the final day for...
Section 62 - Certified Copies for Use at Caucus; Party Enrollment Designations - Section 62. When a caucus is called, the registrars, on...
Section 63 - Lists Furnished for New Wards and Voting Precincts - Section 63. After the biennial state election in nineteen hundred...
Section 64 - Online Portal for Verification of Registration or Pre-Registration Status - Section 64. The state secretary shall create and maintain an...
Section 65 - Administration of Automatic Voter Registration; Duties of Registrars Upon Receipt of Electronic Records; Electronic Interfaces; Annual Reports; Opting Out; Liability of Ineligible Persons Registered Under This Section; Use of Information... - Section 65. (a) For purposes of this section, the term...
Section 66 - Provision of Data to State Secretary for Maintenance of Voter Lists; Provision of Data to Electronic Registration Information Center, inc.; Centralized Data Management - Section 66. The registry of motor vehicles, and any other...