File: BEDF

VOTING METHOD

The records of each meeting shall become a public record and be available to the public; provided, however, that the records of any executive session may remain secret as long as publication may defeat the lawful purposes of the executive session, but no longer. All votes taken in executive sessions shall be recorded roll call votes and shall become a part of the record of said executive sessions. No votes taken in open session shall be by secret ballot.

[Source:

General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 30A, § 22

[Reviewed: April 2002]

[Revised: December 2011]