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Section 1 - False Listings by Registrars, Listing Board Members, Police Officers or Interpreters - Section 1. A registrar, assistant registrar, member of a listing...
Section 2 - Misconduct of Registrars or Assistants - Section 2. A registrar or assistant registrar who refuses or...
Section 3 - Neglect of Duty; Registrars or Assistants, Listing Board Members, or Police Officers - Section 3. A registrar, assistant registrar or a member of...
Section 4 - Refusal or Neglect to Give Information to Registrars or Other Authorized Persons - Section 4. Whoever, being an inmate of a building and...
Section 5 - Giving False Information - Section 5. Whoever knowingly gives to a registrar, assistant registrar,...
Section 6 - False Affidavits and Oaths - Section 6. Whoever knowingly or wilfully makes a false affidavit,...
Section 7 - Aiding or Abetting False Affidavits or Oaths - Section 7. Whoever aids or abets a person in knowingly...
Section 8 - Illegal Registration - Section 8. Whoever causes or attempts to cause his name...
Section 9 - Misconduct at Registration - Section 9. Whoever refuses to obey the lawful orders or...
Section 10 - Defacing or Removing Notices or Voting Lists - Section 10. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice relating...
Section 11 - Wilful Alteration, Mutilation, or Destruction of Nomination Papers, etc.; Subscribing to False Statements - Section 11. Whoever falsely makes or wilfully alters, defaces, mutilates,...
Section 11a - False or Willful Alteration of District Designation on Nomination Papers - Section 11A. Whoever falsely or willfully alters the designation of...
Section 12 - Misconduct of Officers; Failure to Perform Duties - Section 12. An officer of a primary, caucus or convention...
Section 13 - Challenged Ballots; Failure to Make Proper Entry - Section 13. A presiding officer at a caucus, primary or...
Section 14 - Protected Information; Penalties - Section 14. A primary, election or other officer whose duty...
Section 15 - Reading or Showing Names Selected on Ballots During Election - Section 15. A presiding officer who, at a town election...
Section 16 - Improper Disposition of Ballots and Lists - Section 16. A primary or election officer, or a director...
Section 17 - Unlawful Examination of Ballots After Election - Section 17. A city or town clerk or an election...
Section 18 - Failure to Make and Transmit Election Records - Section 18. A city or town clerk or an election...
Section 19 - False Certificates of Election Results - Section 19. A city or town clerk, precinct clerk, election...
Section 21 - Misconduct Relating to Absent Voting - Section 21. Any city or town officer trusted with the...
Section 22 - Public Officers, Election Officers, etc.; Failure to Perform Duties - Section 22. A public officer, primary, caucus or election officer,...
Section 23 - Notices or Warrants; Defacement or Removal - Section 23. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice or...
Section 24 - Lists of Candidates; Instructions for Voters; Supplies; Defacement or Destruction - Section 24. Whoever, before a primary or election, wilfully defaces...
Section 25 - Distinguishing Marks; False Statements or Oaths - Section 25. Whoever, at a primary, caucus or election, places...
Section 26 - Illegal Voting or Attempt to Vote - Section 26. Whoever, knowing that he is not a qualified...
Section 27 - Absent Voting Laws; Violations - Section 27. Whoever, not being entitled to vote under the...
Section 27a - Unlawful Distribution of Absent Voter Ballots - Section 27A. Whoever, at any election at which absent voting...
Section 28 - Illegal Voting; Aiding or Abetting - Section 28. Whoever, at a primary, caucus or election, aids...
Section 29 - Unlawful Interference With Voter - Section 29. Whoever wilfully and without lawful authority hinders, delays...
Section 30 - Obstruction of Voting - Section 30. Whoever wilfully obstructs the voting at a primary,...
Section 31 - Illegal Challenges - Section 31. Any person challenging a qualified voter for purposes...
Section 32 - Bribery of Voter - Section 32. No person shall, directly or indirectly, pay, give...
Section 33 - Employers; Influencing Votes of Employees; Penalties - Section 33. No person shall, by threatening to discharge a...
Section 34 - Promising Public Appointments - Section 34. No person shall, to aid or promote his...
Section 35 - Promising Public Appointments for Political Action - Section 35. No person holding a public office or in...
Section 36 - Public Officers and Employees; Influencing Political Action - Section 36. No person in the service of the commonwealth...
Section 37 - Public Officers and Employees; Initiative and Referendum; Promotion or Opposition for Hire - Section 37. No member of the general court or paid...
Section 38 - Editorial Support; Payment for or Receipt of Payment - Section 38. No person shall pay the owner, editor, publisher,...
Section 39 - Publishing Political Advertisements; Statement; Names; Signatures - Section 39. No person shall publish or cause to be...
Section 40 - Using Names of Political Parties; Restrictions - Section 40. No organization consisting of two or more persons,...
Section 41a - Unauthorized Use of Endorsements - Section 41A. No person shall, in order to promote his...
Section 42 - False Statements Relating to Candidates or Questions Submitted to Voters - Section 42. No person shall make or publish, or cause...
Section 43 - Interference With Distribution of Printed Matter - Section 43. No person shall prevent, hinder or interfere with...
Section 43a - Use of Word ''veteran'' by Candidates - Section 43A. No person, except a veteran, as defined by...
Section 44 - Lists of Candidates Without Party Designations; Distribution - Section 44. No individual, except as otherwise provided by law,...
Section 44a - Lists of Candidates; Distribution; Signatures of Responsible Voters - Section 44A. No person shall distribute by mail or otherwise,...
Section 45 - Naturalization Fees; Payment or Promise of Payment - Section 45. No political committee and no person required to...
Section 46 - Disorderly Conduct at Polling Places - Section 46. Whoever, at a primary, caucus or election, behaves...
Section 47 - Disobeying Election, Caucus or Primary Officers - Section 47. Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of an...
Section 48 - Interfering With Election Officials - Section 48. Whoever interferes, or aids or abets any person...
Section 49 - Obstructing Transmission of Ballots or Returns - Section 49. Whoever wilfully obstructs or interferes with the transmission...
Section 50 - Alteration or Removal of Ballots - Section 50. Whoever alters a ballot cast at a primary...
Section 51 - Tampering With Voting Machines - Section 51. Any person who shall tamper with or injure...
Section 52 - Forgery, Destruction or Defacement of Ballots - Section 52. Whoever wilfully forges or falsely makes the official...
Section 53 - Distinguishing Marks on Ballots - Section 53. Whoever places a mark against a name on...
Section 54 - Removing Ballots From Within Guard Rail - Section 54. Whoever removes a ballot from the space enclosed...
Section 55 - Fraudulent Alteration or Removal of Ballots - Section 55. Whoever, with intent to defraud, alters a ballot...
Section 56 - Challenged Ballots; Giving Information About Vote - Section 56. Whoever gives any information derived from a recount...
Section 57 - Arrest Without Warrant - Section 57. Police officers and constables shall arrest without a...
Section 58 - Prosecutions; Trial and Judgments; Motions for Other Dispositions - Section 58. A prosecution for the violation of any provision...
Section 59 - Supreme Judicial Court; Superior Court Departments; Jurisdiction - Section 59. The supreme judicial court and the superior court...
Section 60 - Conduct Contrary to Election Laws; Remedies - Section 60. Whenever the state secretary determines, after consulting with...