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http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2016/03/01/bill-clinton-massachusetts-voting-laws/

Did Bill Clinton, Mayor Walsh Break Massachusetts Voting Laws for Hillary?
Depends on your definition of ‘campaign materials.’

Adam Reilly ?@reillyadam
If I read the pool report right, @hillaryclinton's #1 surrogate--the former POTUS--worked Holy Name for 44 minutes. https://twitter.com/conoryunits/status/704765886205468672 …
1:33 PM - 1 Mar 2016

Adam Vaccaro ✔ ?@adamtvaccaro
Spokesman in Sec. of state's office says it has reached out to remind campaign of the rule. https://twitter.com/reillyadam/status/704745947499257856 …
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Adam Vaccaro ✔ ?@adamtvaccaro
Asked whether his presence constitutes campaigning: "He's a well known person. And he's a spouse of a candidate. That should answer the ?."
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The former president was spotted in the Newton Free Library in Newton, as well as the Holy Name gymnasium in West Roxbury—both polling locations. He was joined at the latter by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Clinton supporter.

Trouble is, that’s precisely what he and Walsh seem to be doing, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s voting regulations.

“Within 150 feet of a polling place…no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person or political party or position on a ballot question, to be voted on at the current election,” the text reads. In addition, campaign operatives are prohibited from distributing “campaign material intended to influence the vote of a voter in the ongoing election” within 150 of a polling location.

WTG Bill!