Amend. Art. XV

Day of the state election

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[The meeting for the choice of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and representatives, shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, annually; but in case of a failure to elect representatives on that day, a second meeting shall be holden for that purpose on the fourth Monday of the same month of November.]

Note (Massachusetts Legislature): [See Amendments, Arts LXIV and LXXX.

Simplified explanation

Superseded: It provided that the meeting to choose the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and representatives be held annually on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, with a second meeting on the fourth Monday of November if representatives were not elected.