Chap. 632.   An Act requiring absentee voting at special and
REGULAR    MUNICIPAL    AND     STATE    ELECTIONS    IN    THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 86 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 213 of the acts of 1961, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "of", in line 2, the words: — a special state election or.
Section 2. Section 103A of said chapter 54 is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph, as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 477 of the acts of 1948, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —
Sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, of this chapter and sections twenty-one and twenty-seven of chapter fifty-six shall, so far as applicable, apply to special and regular city elections, and to special and regular town elections in any town. All the rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred and imposed upon the state secretary by said sections shall, with respect to said city and town elections, be exercised and performed by the clerk of such city or town, and, in construing said sections for the purposes of this section, any reference to state elections shall be considered as referring to said city or town elections in such city or town.                         Approved July 16, 1968.