Code of Massachusetts Regulations
950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Title 950 CMR 49.00 - Confidential Voter Registration
Section 49.15 - Absentee Voting

(1) Procedure for Sending Absentee Ballots. A duly registered, confidential voter, who qualifies to vote by absentee ballot, may do so. The confidential voter's application for an absentee ballot must be retained in the registrar's confidential voter file and is not a public record. The registrar should complete the outer envelope with the voter's confidential voter registration number. If the application is received prior to the twenty-eighth day before the primary or election, the registrar should enclose the certificate of confidential registration with the absentee ballot, along with a letter directing the voter to enclose the certificate with the ballot. If the application is received after the 28th day, the registrar should have already forwarded the certificate of confidential registration to the voter, however, the registrar should include a letter directing the voter to enclose the certificate with the ballot.

(2) Procedure for Entering the Voter's Confidential Registration Number on List Absentee Voters. The name and address of confidential voter shall not be entered on the list of those requesting absentee ballots. Instead, the voter's confidential voter registration number should be placed on the list of those requesting absentee ballots and the letters AV should be placed next to their confidential voter registration number at the end of the appropriate voting list.