General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 50 General Provisions Relative to Primaries,
Caucuses and Elections

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 50, Section 1
  Terms used in chapters fifty to fifty-seven, inclusive, shall be construed as follows, unless a contrary intention clearly appears: “Aldermen” or “board of aldermen” shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Results of election; determination - Chapter 50, Section 2
  In elections, the person receiving the highest number of votes for an office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office; and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Day of election in cities - Chapter 50, Section 3
  All elections in cities which by charter or statute are to be held on a Monday shall be held on the following Tuesday.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Written acceptance of candidates - Chapter 50, Section 3A
  Wherever the written acceptance of a candidate upon a nomination paper or a signature and place of residence of the person filing the same is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Computation of time; filing - Chapter 50, Section 4
  In computing the period of time prescribed in any statute relating to primaries, caucuses or elections, Sundays and holidays shall generally be included; but when...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Posting of lists, notices, and copies of laws - Chapter 50, Section 5
  All lists, notices and copies of laws relating to primaries or elections, required to be posted, shall be posted at the same places with the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Laws relating particularly to any city or town - Chapter 50, Section 6
  Laws from time to time in force relating particularly to any city or town shall prevail where they are in conflict with the provisions of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Vacancies in elective offices caused by retirement; notice - Chapter 50, Section 6A
  If an elected state, city, or town officer is to be retired on or before the next regular election by reason of superannuation before the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Ballot boxes; seals; counting and other apparatus; regulations - Chapter 50, Section 7
  A city or town clerk may make regulations consistent with law relative to the use of ballot boxes and seals, counting and other apparatus, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Criminal prosecutions; presumptions - Chapter 50, Section 8
  In any criminal prosecution for the violation of any law relating to the listing of persons seventeen years of age and over and to the...

Last modified: September 11, 2015