Section 6 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, is hereby amended as follows:

After “for governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, United States senator, and presidential electors,” replace “ten thousand” with “five thousand”;

After “for state secretary, state treasurer, and state auditor,” replace “five thousand” with “two thousand five hundred”;

After “for representative in congress,” replace “two thousand” with “one thousand”;

After “for state senator,” replace  “three hundred” with “one hundred fifty”;

After “for state representative,” replace “one hundred and fifty” with “seventy-five”;

After “for councilor, district attorney, clerk of courts, register of probate, register of deeds, county commissioner, sheriff, and county treasurer,” replace “one thousand”, with “five hundred”;

After “except for clerk of courts, register of probate, register of deeds, county commissioner, sheriff, and county treasurer, in Barnstable, Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampshire counties,” replace “five hundred,” with “two hundred fifty”; And

After “and for any such offices in Dukes and Nantucket counties,” replace “twenty-five” with “thirteen”.