950 CMR, § 58.05 - Reporting Election Results
(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 15th
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.
Notes
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