Massachusetts Regulations § 950 CMR 58.05 Reporting Election Results
Regulation Text
(1)
The city or town clerk shall enter into the Tally Sheet all ballots cast and votes for candidates and questions, including blanks, voted on at state primaries, presidential primaries and state elections that are required to be submitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. This shall not include the offices of ward and town committee, Martha's Vineyard Commission, Barnstable County Assembly Delegate, and Regional School Committees.
(2)
Results for all candidates and questions shall be entered for each precinct. Results shall include votes for candidates whose names are printed on the ballot, write-in candidates, questions, and blanks.
(3)
Once the results have been entered, the city or town clerk shall certify such results in the system and then shall print and sign the Return of Votes report, and mail such reports to the Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
(a)
After a state primary or a presidential primary, such results shall be certified in the system and the Return of Votes report signed and postmarked no later than the fourth day after the primary.
(b)
After a state election, such results shall be certified in the system and the Return of Votes report signed and postmarked no later than the 15
th
day after the election.
(4)
Once the results have been certified in the system by the election official, they can only be amended by a written statement signed by the election official and submitted to the Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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