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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 103 (2026)

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Section 103. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity to require the certification of any application for an absent voting ballot which the registrars have unreasonably refused to certify, to order the counting of any ballot improperly rejected, or to enjoin the counting of any ballot which cannot reasonably be identified as the ballot of a person lawfully entitled to vote as provided in sections eighty-six to one hundred and two, inclusive, or which was not cast in accordance therewith; provided, that no proceeding hereunder shall be begun later than the date fixed by law for the final canvass of votes cast for candidates for state offices.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1982–1982 · leading case: McCavitt v. Registrars of Voters of Brockton, 434 N.E.2d 620 (Mass. 1982).
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McCavitt v. Registrars of Voters of Brockton, 434 N.E.2d 620 (Mass. 1982). · cites it 3× “7 Studenski also challenges the court’s jurisdiction on the basis that Mc-Cavitt’s action was not timely filed under G. L. c. 54, § 103. Section 103 “grants the courts a new jurisdiction in equity to deal with matters of absentee ballots, concurrent with their traditional…”
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