Massachusetts Statutes

§ 42C — Deadline for ballot questions

Massachusetts § 42C
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIIIELECTIONS

This text of Massachusetts § 42C (Deadline for ballot questions) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 42C (2026).

Text

Section 42C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary establishing a later time, the state secretary shall not print on the biennial state election ballot any question to the voters for which he receives final written notice after the sixtieth day before said election. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary establishing a later time, a city or town clerk shall not print on a city or town election ballot any question to the voters for which he receives final written notice after the thirty-fifth day before such election.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Nearby Sections

4
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Massachusetts § 42C, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ma/54/42C.