Notification of number of members to be elected, <1984>-[ongoing].

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Notification of number of members to be elected, <1984>-[ongoing].

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The state secretary holds statutory responsibility, carried out since 1948 in the secretary's Elections Division, for preparing election ballots (MGLA c 54, s 40). The division receives notification from ward and town committees of political parties of the number of members to be elected at presidential primaries (MGLA c 52, s 9), information that determines the number of spaces to be provided on the printed ballot.

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Massachusetts. Elections Division

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The Elections Division within the state secretary's office is responsible for coordinating all municipal, state, and federal elections within the Commonwealth. While there is no special legislation that authorized the organization of these duties under a division, its existence is derived from provisions of MGLA c 9, s 2, which enable the state secretary to "employ such clerical assistance as he may deem necessary to carry out the laws relative to primaries and elections." These pro...