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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 43 (2026)

Presidential electors; arrangement of names

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Section 43. The names of the candidates for presidential electors shall not be printed on the ballot, but in lieu thereof the surnames of the candidates of each party for president and vice president shall be printed thereon in one line under the designation ''Electors of president and vice president'' and arranged in the alphabetical order of the surnames of the candidates for president, with the political designation of the party placed at the right of and in the same line with the surnames. A sufficient square in which each voter may designate by a cross (X) his choice for electors shall be left at the right of each political designation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2018–2020 · leading case: Lyman v. Baker, 954 F.3d 351 (1st Cir. 2020).
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Lyman v. Baker, 954 F.3d 351 (1st Cir. 2020). “Next, the district court held that even if Williams did not control, Appellants' claims "would still fail for reasons that 4 Appellants specifically pointed to the fact that unlike Virginia in Williams, Massachusetts does not list the names of the individual electors on its…”
Lyman v. Baker, 352 F. Supp. 3d 81 (D.D.C. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 43 (requiring that electors' names not be printed on ballot).”
Lyman v. Baker (D. Mass. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 43 (requiring that electors’ names not be printed on ballot).”
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