Laws Relating to ElectionsWright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers, 1892 - 148 pages |
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... request made as herein required, or shall decline or fail to perform any duty or obligation imposed by this act, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding three months, or by both ...
... request made as herein required, or shall decline or fail to perform any duty or obligation imposed by this act, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding three months, or by both ...
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... request in writing ; and in case of such written request a ballot shall be taken for the choice of the chairman of such meeting unless the meeting shall vote to dispense with such ballot . Such Time for pre- written request may be ...
... request in writing ; and in case of such written request a ballot shall be taken for the choice of the chairman of such meeting unless the meeting shall vote to dispense with such ballot . Such Time for pre- written request may be ...
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... request in writing of ten ballots and SECT . 4. Whoever shall vote at any such meeting , or at any caucus or public meeting of the qualified voters of a town or city or ward of a city or of any specified party or portion of such voters ...
... request in writing of ten ballots and SECT . 4. Whoever shall vote at any such meeting , or at any caucus or public meeting of the qualified voters of a town or city or ward of a city or of any specified party or portion of such voters ...
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... request in writing signed by him and acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds , and filed with the secretary of the Commonwealth ** or with the proper city clerk * * . as the case may be , within the ...
... request in writing signed by him and acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds , and filed with the secretary of the Commonwealth ** or with the proper city clerk * * . as the case may be , within the ...
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... requested so to do , his residence , to one of the ballot and repeated in a loud voice . clerks , who shall thereupon announce the same in a loud and distinct tone of voice , clear and audible , and if such name is found upon the check ...
... requested so to do , his residence , to one of the ballot and repeated in a loud voice . clerks , who shall thereupon announce the same in a loud and distinct tone of voice , clear and audible , and if such name is found upon the check ...
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amended apply appointed Approved assessors ballot boxes ballot clerks ballots cast blank forms board of aldermen board of registrars cards of instructions caucus certificates of nomination chapter four hundred check lists cities and towns city clerk city election city or town Commonwealth copies county commissioners court day of election district divided into voting duties eighteen hundred elec election officers electors enacted envelope examine filed forthwith furnished governor hundred and thirteen hundred dollars imprisonment inspec inspectors mayor and aldermen nomination of candidates nomination papers number of votes open town meet Penalty person political committee political parties poll tax polling place preceding presiding officer printed punished qualified voters record recount register of deeds registrars of voters returns of votes sealed secretary SECT selectmen specimen ballots tellers therein thereof tion town clerk town election town meeting town officers transmit treasurer vacancy voting precincts voting shelves ward warden wilfully
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Page 54 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice president and they shall make distinct lists of all persons...
Page 64 - The provisions of this act, so far as they are the same as those of existing laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments...
Page 8 - Any person whose name has been presented as a candidate may cause his name to be withdrawn from nomination, by request in writing signed by him and acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the office...
Page 22 - ... one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years ; and one member of said board shall be elected annually thereafter, who shall hold his office for three years.
Page 8 - ... decision of a majority of these officers shall be final. In case such objection is made notice shall forthwith be mailed to the candidates affected thereby, addressed to their residences as given in the certificates of nomination or nomination papers, and to any party committee known to the seeretary or clerk, as the case may be, as specially interested in the nomination.
Page 29 - Subject to the foregoing provisions the ancillary receiver and his deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.
Page 14 - On receipt of his ballot the voter shall forthwith, and without leaving the enclosed space, retire alone to one of the voting shelves or compartments so provided, and shall prepare his ballot by marking in the appropriate margin or place a cross (X) opposite the name of the candidate of his choice...
Page 45 - ... or fire any gun or pistol in such unincorporated town, or use any vulgar, profane, or indecent language within the presence or hearing of women or children, in a loud and boisterous manner, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both fine and imprisonment, or either, at the discretion of the court.
Page 34 - ... who shall thereupon announce the same in a loud and distinct tone of voice, clear and audible...
Page 7 - All certificates of nomination and nomination papers shall, besides containing the names of candidates, specify as to each, (1) the office for which he is nominated ; (2) the party or political principle which he represents, expressed in not more than three words...