ELECTION PROCEDURE AT BOYS STATE

Elections at Boys State shall be held by Australian ballot, and shall be carried out in a manner consistent with the election laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

At the outset, counselors shall appoint an Election Commission consisting of two officers, one from each party. The members of the Election Commission should be citizens not desirous of seeking office. The burden of insuring that all elections within their municipality are carried out in a proper manner falls upon the Election Officers. They are required to cooperate with the members of the staff who are in charge of elections.

The Election Officers have an obligation to oversee the distribution of nomination papers, and to check all signatures to be certain they are valid. They must also obtain all ballots and return tally sheets and ballots after they have been utilized.

Prior to voting, each citizen must identify himself to the election officer in charge. All voting is done silently and privately. In primary elections, there will be two different ballots, one for each party. Each citizen must be certain to obtain the ballot of the party of which he is a member.