Returns of elected county officers, 1984-2008.

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Returns of elected county officers, 1984-2008.

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The state secretary holds constitutional and statutory responsibilities for elections, duties carried out since 1948 in the secretary's Elections Division. Pursuant to MGLA c 54, s 121, county commissioners are required to transmit to the state secretary notice of county treasurers and registers of deeds elected immediately after each county election. County boards of examiners (the judge and register of the probate court and the clerk of courts of each county) are similarly charged by MGLA c 54, s 122 to transmit to the secretary notice of county commissioners elected immediately after each county election.

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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...