Code of Massachusetts Regulations
950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Title 950 CMR 47.00 - Early Voting Procedures
Section 47.19 - Voting in Person on Election Day After Submitting Early Voter Ballot Prohibited; Death of Early Voter; Rejection of Certain Ballots
Current through Register 1537, December 20, 2024
(1) Except as provided in 950 CMR 47.19, no voter to whom an early voting ballot has been mailed or delivered and whose early voting envelope has been received and accepted by the local election official shall be permitted to vote in person.
(2) No ballot mailed or delivered under the provisions of 950 CMR 47.00, shall be counted if the officers charged with the duty of counting the same are cognizant of the fact that the voter has died prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the election.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the local election official shall, on the day of the election, at his or her request, give to any person whose name has not been checked as provided in 950 CMR 47.08(1), a certificate of his or her name and residence, as stated on the voter list, signed by such local election official, and such local election official shall then forthwith place on the list of early voters, opposite the name of the person to whom such certificate is furnished, the capital letter C.