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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 96 (2026)

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Section 96. All ballots transmitted under any provision of sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, shall be subject to challenge when and as cast for non-compliance with any provision of sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, or for any other reason allowed by law, including that the voter was not unable by reason of physical disability to cast his vote in person at the polling place on the day of the election, and if challenged shall be disposed of in accordance with section eighty-five, except that so much of said section as involves the administering of an oath shall not apply thereto, and the writing of the name and address of the voter on the ballot shall be performed by the officer charged with depositing the ballot in the ballot box.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1999 · leading case: Desjourdy v. Bd. of Registrars of Voters of Uxbridge, 266 N.E.2d 672 (Mass. 1971).
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Desjourdy v. Bd. of Registrars of Voters of Uxbridge, 266 N.E.2d 672 (Mass. 1971). “We deal briefly with the threshold argument that we cannot consider the validity of an absentee ballot in a mandamus proceeding, and that the sole remedy lies by way of a challenge to the ballots when and as cast under G. L. c. 54, § 96, or a subsequent bill in equity as…”
Fyntrilakis v. City of Springfield, 713 N.E.2d 1007 (Mass. App. Ct. 1999). “54, § 85A (challenged voters); G. L. c. 54, § 96 (absentee ballots); G. L.”
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