Massachusetts § 6 Use of official ballots; towns authorized to provide for

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 6 — Use of official ballots; towns authorized to provide for

Massachusetts § 6

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

Ch. 41OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 6 (2026).

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Section 6. A town may, at a town meeting, vote that official ballots as defined in section one of chapter fifty shall thereafter be used therein; and may, at the annual town meeting or at a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual town meeting, by a two thirds vote rescind such action. In town elections at which official ballots are used, nominations for town officers elected by ballot shall be made, ballots and other apparatus therefor provided, and elections of such officers conducted, in accordance with chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, so far as applicable.

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Section 6. A town may, at a town meeting, vote that official ballots as defined in section one of chapter fifty shall thereafter be used therein; and may, at the annual town meeting or at a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual town meeting, by a two thirds vote rescind such action. In town elections at which official ballots are used, nominations for town officers elected by ballot shall be made, ballots and other apparatus therefor provided, and elections of such officers conducted, in accordance with chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, so far as applicable.