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MA Gen L ch 53 § 70a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70a - Sections Applicable

Section 70A. Sections seventy B to seventy H, inclusive, shall apply to presidential primaries.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70b - Delegates to National Conventions; Election; Number

Section 70B. In any year in which candidates for presidential electors are to be elected, the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to national conventions of political parties shall be by that system adopted by the state committee, provided such system shall not include the placing of the names of delegates on the presidential primary ballot; and provided, further, that the distribution of delegates under any such system shall reflect the preference expressed by the voters on the presidential preference portion of the ballot at the presidential primary. The system adopted by the state committee shall be set forth in written rules and procedures covering all aspects of the delegate selection process and a copy of such rules and procedures shall be filed with the state secretary on or before October first of the year preceding the year in which presidential electors are to be elected. The number of district delegates and alternate district delegates, not less than two from each congressional district, and the number of delegates and alternate delegates at large shall be fixed by the state committee, who shall give notice thereof to the state secretary on or before the first Tuesday in January. At such primaries, members of the state, ward and town committees shall also be chosen as provided in chapter fifty-two.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70c - Primaries by Wards, Precincts or Groups of Precincts; Notice to State Secretary

Section 70C. In cities and towns where the question of holding presidential primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts is determined by the aldermen or selectmen, they shall give notice of their determination to the state secretary on or before the third Wednesday in November in the year preceding the year in which presidential electors are to be elected.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70d - Nomination Papers

Section 70D. Nominations of candidates for state, ward and town committee shall be by nomination papers which shall be prepared and, on request, furnished by the state secretary. Nomination papers for candidates for state committees shall be signed by at least fifty voters, and nomination papers for candidates for ward and town committees shall be signed by at least five voters.  The provisions of section forty-five shall apply to the nomination papers of candidates to be voted for at presidential primaries, except that only candidates for state committee may use the eight word statement allowed under the provisions of said section forty-five; provided, however, that a candidate for state committee may, if he is a veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, use the word ''veteran''. The nomination papers of a candidate for state committee who is an elected incumbent thereof may also contain the statement ''Candidate for Re-election''. Nomination papers may contain the name of more than one candidate for members of ward and town committees.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70f - Canvass of Returns; Notice; Certification; Certificates

Section 70F. Upon the receipt of the records of the votes cast at presidential primaries and within four days after said primary the city or town clerk shall forthwith canvass the same and make return of the votes for nomination for president, and for election as members of the state committee to the state secretary, who shall forthwith canvass such returns, determine the results thereof, notify the successful candidates, and certify to the state committees the names of the persons appearing on the ballots as candidates or potential candidates for president and the results of the vote therefor, and the names of the persons elected as members of state committees. Said clerks shall determine the results of the votes for members of ward and town committees, issue proper certificates thereof to the successful candidates and notify the chairmen of the city and town committees of the respective parties, and the chairmen of the state committees of the respective parties.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70g - Filling Vacancies

Section 70G. In case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate for state committee, the vacancy may be filled as provided in section forty-nine.  In case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate for a ward or town committee, the vacancy may not be filled but members may be added as provided in section four of chapter fifty-two.  If there is a tie vote, as defined in section fifty-three, for members of the state committee it shall be filled by the ward and town committees of the district in which it exists.  If there is a vacancy in a ward or town committee caused by a tie or a failure to elect the number provided for in section nine of chapter fifty-two the members elected shall fill the vacancy.  All vacancies caused by ties shall be filled only by the choice of one of the candidates receiving the tie vote.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70h - Applicability of Certain Other Sections

Section 70H. The provisions of law relating to primaries and nomination papers consistent with the five preceding sections shall apply to presidential primaries, so far as practicable.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 70i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 70i - Delegates and Alternate Delegates to National Conventions; Voting for President on First Roll Call

Section 70I. If there is a roll call vote for president at the national convention of a political party, all delegates and alternate delegates whose selection is subject by party rule to the approval of a presidential candidate shall vote on the first such roll call for that presidential candidate unless released by such candidate.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 71 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 71 - Nomination at Caucuses

Section 71. In cities and towns which have not accepted the provisions of law relating to primaries for the nomination of municipal officers, political parties which nominate candidates for elective city or town offices shall do so by direct plurality vote in caucuses, except when city or town charters provide otherwise. All provisions of law relative to the preparation of nomination papers and ballots, to primaries and elections, to ballots cast at primaries and elections, and to recounts of such ballots, shall, so far as applicable, apply to such caucuses.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 72 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 72 - Regulations for City or Town Caucuses

Section 72. Each city or town committee may make reasonable regulations, consistent with law, relative to caucuses called by it and to determine membership in the party, and to restrain persons not entitled to vote at caucuses from attendance thereat or taking part therein. But no political committee shall prevent any voter from participating in a caucus of its party for the reason that the voter has supported an unenrolled candidate for political office.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 72a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 72a - Time for Holding City or Town Caucuses

Section 72A. Caucuses before regular city or town elections shall be held not later than the thirty-eighth day preceding such city or town elections, notwithstanding any contrary provision in any general or special law.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 73 - Caucuses Held by Precincts or Groups of Precincts; Notice

Section 73. If in a city, except Boston, or town wherein elections are held by precincts, the city or town committee of either of the two leading political parties shall file with the aldermen or selectmen, at least two weeks prior to the time of holding its caucuses, a notice that such party desires to hold its caucuses by precincts, or by groups of precincts in any ward, the aldermen or selectmen shall furnish a polling place in each precinct or group of precincts for the use of such party, as provided in section ninety-three, and the caucuses of such party shall be held accordingly.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 74 - Caucuses Relative to Special Elections

Section 74. Caucuses relative to a special election shall be held at such time and place and subject to such reasonable notice as the political committee whose duty it is to provide for holding the same may determine. Calls therefor shall be issued by the chairman and secretary of said political committee.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 75 - Calling of Caucuses; Notice

Section 75. Every caucus of a political party shall be called by a written or printed notice. No caucus or meeting of a political party not so called shall be recognized as valid under sections seventy-one to eighty-one, inclusive. The presiding officer at a caucus shall open it at the hour appointed therefor in the notice thereof.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 76 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 76 - Persons Entitled to Vote or Take Part in Caucuses; Oath; Challenges; Penalties

Section 76. Notices of caucuses shall apply to all members of the party calling them, and to them only. No person having voted in the caucus of one political party shall be entitled to vote or take part in the caucus of another political party within the twelve ensuing months; except that voting or taking part in the caucuses of any municipal party by any voter shall not affect his legal right to vote or to take part in the caucuses of any political party, for any other election, and having voted or taken part in the caucuses of a political party for any previous election, shall not affect his right to vote or take part in the caucuses of any municipal party, nor shall a voter who is enrolled under section thirty-seven or thirty-eight as a member of a political party be entitled to vote in the caucus of another political party held in a city while so enrolled. No voter, not hereinbefore disqualified, shall be prevented from voting or participating in any caucus if he takes the following oath, which shall be administered to him by the presiding officer of the caucus:  You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are a registered voter in this ward (or town) and have the legal right to vote in this caucus; that you are a member of the political party holding the same, and intend to vote for its candidates at the polls at the election next ensuing; and that you have not taken part or voted in the caucus of any other political party for twelve months last past.  Such voter may be challenged like any other voter. Any person whose right to vote is challenged for any cause recognized by law shall not be permitted to vote until he has taken the foregoing oath; and the clerk or secretary of the caucus shall make a record of the administration of said oath to every person taking the same, which record shall state whether or not said person voted. The record shall be returned with the proceedings of said caucus and shall be prima facie evidence in any court that such person took said oath and voted in said caucus.  A caucus officer or a voter violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 77 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 77 - Balloting; Use of Voting Lists

Section 77. In balloting, the voting lists furnished under section sixty-two of chapter fifty-one shall be used as check lists, and no persons shall vote or take part in a caucus whose name does not appear upon said lists, unless he presents to the presiding officer of the caucus the certificate provided for by section fifty-nine of said chapter.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 78 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 78 - Tie Vote for Caucus Officers

Section 78. If there is a tie vote for any caucus officer, the caucus officers elected shall fill the vacancy.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 79 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 79 - Certificate of Election; Notice of Nomination

Section 79. The presiding officer and secretary or clerk of each caucus shall within three week days after its final adjournment deliver or send to each caucus officer a certificate of his election, and to each candidate for an elective office a notice of his nomination.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 80 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 80 - Returns of Caucuses Where Direct Nominations Made; Tabulation of Results; Notice; Recounts

Section 80. Returns of all caucuses of political parties at which are made any direct nominations for a district comprising more than one ward, or where caucuses are held by precincts or by groups of precincts in any ward or town, shall be made in accordance with section one hundred and ten. Immediately upon receipt of such returns the city or town clerk shall tabulate and determine the results thereof, shall notify the successful candidates, and cause their names to be printed on the ballot to be used at the ensuing election. Recounts of ballots cast at such caucuses shall be made as provided in section one hundred and twelve.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 81 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 81 - Tie Votes in Direct Nominations; Filling Vacancies

Section 81. If there is a tie vote for any candidate of a political party nominated directly for any office, for a district comprising more than one ward, the regularly elected general or executive committee representing the party for the election district in which such vote has been cast shall fill the vacancy, but only by the choice of one of the candidates receiving such tie vote.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 82 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 82 - Polling Places Provided; Notice

Section 82. At least two weeks prior to the date on which caucuses are to be held, the chairman or secretary of the city or town committee shall notify the aldermen or the selectmen respectively of such date, and said aldermen or selectmen shall, at the expense of the city or town, provide polling places for said caucuses, in case of a city, not less than one for each ward; and shall, at least ten days prior to the date of said caucus, give said chairman or secretary notice of the places so provided.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 83 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 83 - Notice of Caucuses; Procedure

Section 83. Notice of caucuses, signed by the chairman and secretary, shall be issued by each city and town committee not less than seven days prior to the day on which they are to be held. The notices shall state the place where and the day and hour when the several caucuses are to be held. They shall be conspicuously posted in at least five places on the public ways, and, if practicable, in every post office in the city or town, or shall be published at least twice in one or more local newspapers. The hour fixed for calling the caucus to order shall not be later than eight o'clock in the evening. The notice shall designate by name or office the person who shall call such caucus to order, and he shall preside until a chairman is chosen. If he is absent at the time appointed, any member of the ward or town committee present shall call the caucus to order and preside until a chairman is chosen. The first business in order shall be the choice of a chairman, a secretary and such other officers as the meeting may determine. No person shall serve as a caucus officer at any caucus in which he is a candidate for a nomination to an elective office.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 84 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 84 - Balloting; Duration

Section 84. A ballot shall be taken for the choice of any candidate, to be selected by such caucus, and the polls shall be kept open at least thirty minutes.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 85 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 85 - Tie Vote for Elective Office; Proceedings

Section 85. If a majority of caucus officers is not elected, or there is a tie vote for candidates for an elective office, the caucus shall at once proceed to another ballot unless some one present entitled to vote objects; in which case the caucus shall adjourn to any subsequent day. The hour and place shall, if practicable, be the same as that named in the call.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 86 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 86 - Ballots and Check Lists; Transmission to City or Town Clerk; Preservation

Section 86. The secretary of each caucus shall forthwith, after the ballots cast therein have been counted, transmit them, with the check list used at the caucus, to the city or town clerk, who shall preserve them for ten days. If during said time ten voters entitled to vote in said caucus shall file with said clerk a written request so to do, he shall preserve the ballots and voting lists for three months, and shall produce the same if required by any court having jurisdiction or authority over them.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 87 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 87 - Contested Elections or Nominations; Preservation of Ballots; Notice; Recount; Penalties

Section 87. If within three week days after any caucus a person who has received votes thereat for nomination or election to any office shall file a written statement with the city or town clerk, claiming an election or nomination or declaring an intention to contest the election or nomination of any other person, the clerk shall preserve the ballots for such nomination or office until the claim or contest has been finally determined. Upon receipt of such statement, the clerk shall immediately give written notice to the persons affected and to the chairman and secretary of the caucus, fixing a time within twenty-four hours thereafter and a place at which said ballots will be recounted. The chairman and secretary of the caucus shall, at said time and place, recount said ballots and determine the questions raised. Each candidate affected may be present during such recount, or may be represented by an agent appointed by him in writing. If it shall appear upon a recount that persons were nominated or elected other than those declared to have been nominated or elected, certificates of such change shall be made in the manner provided in section five as to an original certificate.  Any presiding officer, secretary or clerk of a caucus who wilfully neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 53 § 88 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VIII - Elections|Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses|Section 88 - Calling of Caucuses

Section 88. All caucuses for the election of caucus officers, or for the nomination of candidates for any city of town office in any city or town wherein the laws relating to primaries have not been adopted, held by a political party which has adopted the provisions of law for the use of official ballots, shall be called and held as provided in sections eighty-nine to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive.