Section 40 - Number of Votes Necessary to Nominate Candidate Not on Ballot

MA Gen L ch 53 § 40 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 40. No person who is a candidate at a primary for nomination for or election to a political office, if no candidate's name is printed on the ballot therefor, shall be deemed to be nominated or elected unless he receives a number of votes at least equal to the number of signatures which would be required by law to place his name on the ballot at such primary as a candidate as aforesaid.