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CHAPTER 437 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OR A GOVERNING BODY IN MUNICIPALITIES TO DESIGNATE POLLING PLACES IN ANY PRECINCTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 24 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- It shall be in a public, orderly, and convenient portion of the precinct; provided, however that if the aldermen or selectmen determine that the public convenience would be better served, the aldermen may designate a polling place in an adjacent precinct of a city, and the selectmen may designate a polling place in another precinct of a town or may house all polling places in a single building within the town.

Approved October 27, 1987.