Mass. Gen. Laws » Part I Title VIII Chapter 54
Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 118 (2026)

Presidential electors; copies of records of votes; proclamations; certificate of election

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 118. The copies of the records of votes for presidential electors shall, in any event, within ten days after they have been transmitted to the state secretary, be examined by the governor and council, who shall thereafter declare, by proclamation, the names of the persons who have received at least one-fifth of the entire number of votes cast for electors, and the number of votes received by each such person. The several persons, to the number of electors required to be chosen, who have received the highest number of votes so ascertained, unless notice of a contest has been received by the governor, shall, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of such proclamation, be deemed to be elected; and the governor shall thereupon issue a certificate of election to every such person.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2018–2020 · leading case: Lyman v. Baker, 954 F.3d 351 (1st Cir. 2020).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Lyman v. Baker, 954 F.3d 351 (1st Cir. 2020). · cites it 2× “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 118 (emphasis added).”
Lyman v. Baker, 352 F. Supp. 3d 81 (D.D.C. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 118 (stating that electors "who have received the highest number of votes .”
Lyman v. Baker (D. Mass. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 118 (stating that electors “who have received the highest number of votes .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.