950 CMR 55.00 governs the certification, by boards of registrars of voters, of voters' names on all nomination papers and petitions for ballot questions and recounts, under the authority of M.G.L. c. 53, § 7. 950 CMR 55.00 shall be interpreted to achieve and maintain accuracy, uniformity, and security from forgery and fraud in the procedures of local registrars of voters, and to promote the right of eligible voters to sign such papers and petitions.
950 CMR, § 55.01