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Section 70g - Filling Vacancies

MA Gen L ch 53 § 70g (2019) (N/A)
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Section 70G. In case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate for state committee, the vacancy may be filled as provided in section forty-nine.

In case of the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of a candidate for a ward or town committee, the vacancy may not be filled but members may be added as provided in section four of chapter fifty-two.

If there is a tie vote, as defined in section fifty-three, for members of the state committee it shall be filled by the ward and town committees of the district in which it exists.

If there is a vacancy in a ward or town committee caused by a tie or a failure to elect the number provided for in section nine of chapter fifty-two the members elected shall fill the vacancy.

All vacancies caused by ties shall be filled only by the choice of one of the candidates receiving the tie vote.

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Section 70g - Filling Vacancies