Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, § 11 (2026)

Certificates of nomination and nomination papers; objections; filing

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Section 11. When certificates of nomination and nomination papers have been filed, and are in apparent conformity with the law, they shall be valid unless written objections are made. Such objections shall be filed, as to state offices, with the state secretary, and, as to city or town offices, with the city or town clerk in accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-five B.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1958–1977 · leading case: Madden v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 153 N.E.2d 321 (Mass. 1958).

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Madden v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 153 N.E.2d 321 (Mass. 1958). · cites it 4× “" G.L.c. 53, § 11 (as amended through St. 1956, c.”

McCarthy v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 359 N.E.2d 291 (Mass. 1977). · cites it 2× “Such a remedy for commission delay is, of course, appropriate only if the objection pending before the commission is to a nomination which, as provided in G.L.c. 53, § 11, is in apparent conformity with the law and not to a situation like McCarthy's in which the papers before…”

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