At state elections in cities and in towns, and in city elections, the presiding election officer of each voting place or precinct shall detail two inspectors of different political parties to act as ballot clerks, who shall have charge of the ballots and shall furnish them to voters.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, § 17
Ballot clerks; duties
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