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Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 53, § 100

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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If, in a town, nomination papers placing persons in nomination for all the offices to be filled at a caucus are not filed, or upon a vacancy by death or otherwise, except a withdrawal, the chairman or secretary of the town committee shall forthwith call a meeting of said committee, which shall have all the powers relative to the nomination of candidates conferred in the preceding section upon a ward committee and the chairman and secretary of a city committee.

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