Massachusetts § 135B Recount where electronic voting system used; petition specifying recount by hand

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 135B — Recount where electronic voting system used; petition specifying recount by hand

Massachusetts § 135B

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title VIIIELECTIONS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 135B (2026).

Text

Section 135B. The recount of the votes cast in any polling place where an electronic voting system is used shall consist of the inserting of the original ballots or ballot cards in a computer or tabulating mechanism which has been programmed and tested in accordance with section thirty-three F; provided, that if the recount petition so specifies, said recount shall consist of the checking of the original ballots or ballot cards by hand. Any such recount shall be in conformity with the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-five, so far as applicable.

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Section 135B. The recount of the votes cast in any polling place where an electronic voting system is used shall consist of the inserting of the original ballots or ballot cards in a computer or tabulating mechanism which has been programmed and tested in accordance with section thirty-three F; provided, that if the recount petition so specifies, said recount shall consist of the checking of the original ballots or ballot cards by hand. Any such recount shall be in conformity with the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-five, so far as applicable.