Massachusetts Statutes
§ 19 — False certificates of election results
Massachusetts § 19
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIIIELECTIONS
Ch. 56VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 19 (2026).
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Section 19. A city or town clerk, precinct clerk, election commissioner, mayor, alderman, selectman or other officer, who wilfully signs or issues a certificate not in accordance with the result of an election as appearing by the records and copies of records of votes cast, or by a recount of votes, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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