Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 40 (2026)
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Section 40. All ballots for use in elections of state officers shall be prepared and furnished by the state secretary, and all ballots for use in elections of city or town officers, by the city or town clerk. Ballots for use in an electronic voting system shall be in a form approved by the state secretary under sections thirty-two and thirty-seven.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1928–2007 · leading case: McCarthy v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 359 N.E.2d 291 (Mass. 1977).
McCarthy v. Sec'y of the Commonwealth, 359 N.E.2d 291 (Mass. 1977). “See G.L.c. 54, §§ 40, 41. Further provisions for filing such objections and hearings before the commission are set forth in G.”
Swig v. State Ballot Law Comm'n, 163 N.E. 257 (Mass. 1928). “” G. L. c. 54, § 40. A decision by this court of the question of law raised by the exceptions of the petitioner in accord with his contentions would not put him in position to have his name go upon the official ballot.”
United States v. City of Boston, Mass., 497 F. Supp. 2d 263 (D. Mass. 2007). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 40 ; Mass. Acts of 2006 ch.”
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