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| 2012Nov 6 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote
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before May 1, 2012 This proposed law would prohibit any motor vehicle manufacturer, starting with model year 2015, from selling or leasing, either directly or t...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2012Nov 6 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 1, 2012? This proposed law would allow a physician licensed in Massachusetts to prescribe medication, at a terminally ill patient's request, to end tha...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2012Nov 6 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 1, 2012? This proposed law would eliminate state criminal and civil penalties for the medical use of marijuana by qualifying patients. To qualify, a pa...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2012Nov 6 | 5 | Shall the state senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress and the President to: (1) prevent cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans benefits, or to housing, food, and unemployment assistance; (2) create and protect jobs by inves...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2012Nov 6 | 6 | Shall the state senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would allow the state to regulate and tax marijuana in the same manner as alcohol?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2012Nov 6 | 7 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. constitution affirming that (1) corporations are not entitled to the constitutional rights of human beings, and (2) both Congress and the states ...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2012Nov 6 | 4 | Shall the City of Somerville accept Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, of Chapter 448 of the General Laws, as approved by its legislative body, a summary of which appears below? The Community Preservation Act (hereinafter "The Act") establishes a dedicated funding source to enable cities ...See Details » |
Local Measure | City of Somerville |
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| 2010Nov 2 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or House of Representatives before May 4, 2010? SUMMARY This proposed law would remove the Massachusetts sales tax on alcoholic beverages and alcohol, where the sale of such beverages and alcohol or t...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2010Nov 2 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 4, 2010? This proposed law would repeal an existing state law that allows a qualified organization wishing to build government-subsidized housing that includ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2010Nov 2 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 4, 2010? This proposed law would reduce the state sales and use tax rates (which were 6.25% as of September 2009) to 3% as of January 1, 2011. It would make ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2010Nov 2 | 4 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a non-binding resolution calling on the federal government to support the right of all people, including non-Jewish Palestinian citizens of Israel, to live free from laws that give more rights to people of one religi...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 34th Middlesex District |
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| 2008Nov 4 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2008? This proposed law would reduce the state personal income tax rate to 2.65% for all categories of taxable income for the tax year beginning on or aft...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2008Nov 4 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2008? This proposed law would replace the criminal penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana with a new system of civil penalties, to be ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2008Nov 4 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2008? This proposed law would prohibit any dog racing or racing meeting in Massachusetts where any form of betting or wagering on the speed or ability of ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2008Nov 4 | 4 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a non-binding resolution calling on the federal government to support the right of all people, including non-Jewish Palestinian citizens of Israel, to live free from laws that give more rights to people of one religi...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2008Nov 4 | 5 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of amending the state Constitution to replace the state Legislature with 100 randomly selected adult residents of the Commonwealth, each serving a one-year term, to be called the Commonwealth Jury and to have all the le...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 27th Middlesex District |
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| 2006Nov 7 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2006? This proposed law would allow local licensing authorities to issue licenses for food stores to sell wine. The proposed law defines a "food store" as...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2006Nov 7 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2006? This proposed law would allow candidates for public office to be nominated by more than one political party or political designation, to have their ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2006Nov 7 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000? This proposed law would allow licensed and other authorized providers of child care in private homes under the state's subsidized child care system t...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2006Nov 7 | 5 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a non-binding resolution calling on the federal government to support the right of all refugees, including Palestinian refugees, to return to their land of origin?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2006Nov 7 | 4 | Shall the representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon the President and Congress of the United States to end the war in Iraq immediately and bring all United States military forces home from Iraq?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 27th Middlesex District |
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| 2006Nov 7 | 6 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote for resolutions calling on all government entities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to sell any investments they hold Eighther in Israeli Bonds or in companies that supply military equipment to Israel?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 27th Middlesex District |
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| 2004Nov 2 | 1 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a constitutional amendment that would remove the authority to create congressional as from the state Legislature and instead place that responsibility in the hands of an independent commission, subject to strict guid...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2002Nov 5 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or House of Representatives before May 1, 2002? This proposed law would provide that no income or other gain realized on or after July 1, 2003, would be subject to state personal income tax. That tax ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2002Nov 5 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 1, 2002? This proposed law would replace the current state law providing for transitional bilingual education in public schools with a law requiring that, w...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2002Nov 5 | 3 | Do you support taxpayer money being used to fund political campaigns for public office in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2002Nov 5 | 5 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would fully implement and fund the state's voter-approved Clean Elections law, which provides a set amount of public funding for candidates who agree to strict fundraising and spending limits?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2002Nov 5 | 4 | Shall the representative from this district be instructed not to vote for Thomas F. Finneran of Boston for Speaker of the state House Representatives?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 26th Middlesex District |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 1 | A YES VOTE would amend the constitution to require that the periodic redrawing of district boundaries for state legislators and governor's councillors use new census data two years earlier than under the current system. A NO VOTE would make no change in the current four-year process for redrawi...See Details » | Constitutional Amendment | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 2 | Voting By Incarcerated Felons Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the two houses on July 29, 1988 (yeas 155 - nays 34); and again on June 28, 2000 (yeas 144 - nays 45)? A Y...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000?
A YES VOTE would prohibit dog races where betting or wagering occurs. A NO VOTE would make no change in the laws governing dog racing. Thi...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 4 | Income Tax Reduction Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000? A YES VOTE would reduce the state personal income tax rate in steps over three years to 5% A NO VOTE would make no change i...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 5 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000 A YES VOTE would require health insurance carriers to guarantee certain rights to their patients and governing health insurance and health care. prov...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 6 | Tax Credit for Tolls and Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000? A YES VOTE would allow a state personal income tax or corporate excise tax credit for Massachus...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 7 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000? A YES VOTE would create a state income tax deduction for charitable contributions. A NO VOTE would make no change in the state income tax laws. ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 8 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2000? A YES VOTE would change state laws governing drug-dependency treatment and fines paid and money and property forfeited in connection with drug crim...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 10 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would end all medical and psychological experiments on nonhuman primates in Massachusetts?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 9 | Shall the state senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would make possession of less than one ounce of marijuana a civll violation, subject to a fine of no more than $100 and not subject to any criminal penalties?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 2nd Middlesex District |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 9 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would end all medical and psychological experiments on nonhuman primate in Massachusetts?See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 26th Middlesex District |
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| 2000Nov 7 | 10 | Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that equitably invests state funds in local public schools; reduces class size; excludes use of voucher programs that shift funds away from public education; bars for-profit schools from public funding; s...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | 27th Middlesex District |
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| 1999Nov 2 | 1 | Do you favor legislation to create a system of universal health care in Massachusetts that provides all Massachusetts residents with comprehensive health care coverage (including the freedom to choose doctors and other health care professionals, facilities and services) and eliminates the role ...See Details » | Advisory/Public Policy Question | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1998Nov 3 | 1 | Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the two houses on July 29, 1996 (yeas 127 - nays 65), and again on June 9, 1998 (yeas
149 - nays 41)? This proposed constitutional amendm...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1998Nov 3 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 1998? This proposed law would create a new voluntary system allowing candidates for state office who agree to campaign spending limits and $100 contributi...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1998Nov 3 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 1998?
This proposed law would change the state income tax rate on interest and dividend income, which was 12% as of September 1997, to whatever rate app...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1998Nov 3 | 4 | Do you approve of law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on November 19, 1997 by a vote of 124 to 30, approved by the Senate on November 19, 1997 by a vote of 32 to 6? The law changes the state's electric utility industry. Starting in March 1998, in...See Details » |
Referendum | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1996Nov 5 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 1, 1996? This proposed law would prohibit the use of certain traps for fur-bearing mammals, prohibit certain methods of hunting bear or bobcat, and eliminate...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 | 1 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 4, 1994?
This proposed law would limit the way in which business and certain nonprofit corporations could contribute to and spend money on campaigns involv...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 | 2 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on January 4, 1994, by a vote of 105 to 49, and approved by the Senate on January 4, 1994, by a vote of 26 to 11? This law requires drivers and passengers in certain motor vehicles on public...See Details » |
Referendum | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 | 3 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on May 28, 1993 by a vote of 112 to 39, and approved by the Senate on June 23, 1993 by a vote of 20 to 19? This law eliminates one of the two ways in which students may authorize fees to be ...See Details » |
Referendum | State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 | 4 | Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 4, 1994? This proposed law would prevent the name of a person from being printed on a state primary or general election ballot as a candidate for one of a nu...See Details » |
Initiative Petition | State of Massachusetts |
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