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      <title>Massachusetts Elections Division</title>
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    <abstract>The Secretary of the Commonwealth is the state?s chief election official. The
		Elections Division administers all federal, state and county elections in Massachusetts from
		the distribution and receipt of nomination papers, to certification of signatures, to the
		printing of ballots. In addition, the division conducts public education, outreach and voter
		registration campaigns. It is constitutionally required to print the ?Information for
		Voters? booklet, which describes all statewide ballot questions and is mailed to every
		household in the Commonwealth.</abstract>
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    <subject authority="keyword">
      <topic>Massachusetts Elections Division, Elections Division, Massachusetts Elections,
			Voting, Voter Registration, State Elections, Election Results, Community Preservation
			Act, Absentee Ballot, Election Day, Electoral College, Campaigning, Campaign Laws,
			Massachusetts Voter Enrollment, Massachusetts Political Parties, Massachusetts
			Representative Districts, Massachusetts Congressional Districts, Massachusetts
			Senatorial Districts</topic>
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      <topic>Elections</topic>
      <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    </subject>
    <subject authority="lcsh">
      <topic>Administrative agencies</topic>
      <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    </subject>
    <subject authority="lcsh">
      <topic>Elections</topic>
      <geographic>United States</geographic>
    </subject>
    <subject authority="lcsh">
      <geographic>United States</geographic>
      <topic>Politics and government</topic>
      <temporal>2001-</temporal>
    </subject>
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