Section 656:24 – Order of Names.
656:24 Order of Names. – With the exception of the office of state representative, whenever there are 2 or more candidates for nomination to the same office, the names of such candidates shall be alternated on the state primary election ballots used so that each name shall appear thereon as nearly as may be […]
Section 656:15 – Paper.
656:15 Paper. – The state general election ballot shall be printed on plain white paper in weight not less than that of ordinary printing paper. A constitutional question submitted on a separate ballot shall be printed on colored paper. Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.
Section 656:6 – Designation of Office.
656:6 Designation of Office. – Immediately to the left of the set of party columns shall be an offices column which shall list the offices, each preceded by the word "For," for which the candidates whose names are listed in the party columns have been nominated, as in "For Governor." Below each such phrase […]
Section 656:7 – Order of Offices.
656:7 Order of Offices. – The order of the officers on the ballot shall be as follows: president and vice-president of the United States, governor, United States senator, representative in congress, executive councilor, state senator, state representative and county officers. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 426:3. 1986, 126:4. 1991, 117:1. 1994, 309:3, eff. June 8, […]
Section 656:7-a – Order of Representative Districts.
656:7-a Order of Representative Districts. – In places which are electing representatives to the general court from more than one district, the order of officers on the ballot for that place shall list the candidates for representative to the general court in the numerical order of the districts from which they are running with […]
Section 656:8 – Squares.
656:8 Squares. – Directly at the right of the name of each candidate there shall be a square, box, oval, or other appropriate symbol for directing voters where to make the appropriate mark; except that, in the case of president and vice-president of the United States, one square, box, oval, or other appropriate symbol […]
Section 656:9 – Party Designation.
656:9 Party Designation. – Above each party column shall be printed in large, plain letters the name of the political party by which the candidates in such column were nominated. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 309:4; 381:8. 2004, 201:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Section 656:10 – Repealed by 2007, 1:2, I, eff. June 15, 2007.
656:10 Repealed by 2007, 1:2, I, eff. June 15, 2007. –
Section 656:11 – Repealed by 2007, 1:2, II, eff. June 15, 2007.
656:11 Repealed by 2007, 1:2, II, eff. June 15, 2007. –
Section 656:12 – Write-In Blanks.
656:12 Write-In Blanks. – At the end of the list of candidates for each office, there shall be left as many blank lines as there are offices to be filled which a voter may use to write in the name of any person for whom the voter desires to vote. Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, […]