Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 54, § 133

The state secretary shall before February first of each year report to the general court the number of registered voters in each city and town at the date of the last preceding state, and city or town election, as the case may be, and the total number of persons who voted at each such election in every city and town, and in every voting precinct therein, and, in the year following a state election, the number of votes received by each candidate for nomination and for election for a state office, and for election for a state committee, arranged by cities, towns and districts, and a concise statement of other matters relating to elections, with such suggestions as he deems advisable.