| 2012Nov 6 |
1 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote
was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on on
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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| 1994Nov 8 |
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 4, 1994?
This proposed law would allow retail stores to open any time on Sundays and on the legal holidays of Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Labor Day. It wo...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 |
6 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on November 16, 1992, by a vote of 132 to 39, and on May 25, 1994, by a vote of 119 to 73?
T...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 |
7 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which not vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 4, 1994?
This proposed law would change the state personal income tax laws if a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution requiring income tax ra...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 |
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 4, 1994?
This proposed law would increase the portion of gasoline tax revenue that would be credited to the state Highway Fund; prohibit the transfer of mone...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 |
9 |
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 prohibit rent control for most privately owned housing units in Massachusetts, and would nullify certain existing rent contr...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 |
10 |
Shall the state senator from this district be instructed not to vote for William M. Bulger of Boston for President of the State Senate?See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1994Nov 8 |
11 |
Shall the state senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation establishing a single payer health care system for Massachusetts, each time such a bill is presented? The single payer system would:
Provide the same comprehensive health care coverage to all residents without discr...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1992Nov 3 |
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, 1992?
This proposed law would establish a Health Protection Fund to pay for health programs relating to tobacco use, including distribution of informatio...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1992Nov 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, 1992?
This proposed law would require certain banks, insurance companies and publicly-traded corporations to file annual reports with the Massachusetts Se...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1992Nov 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, 1992?
This proposed law would require all packaging used in Massachusetts on or after July 1,1996 to be reduced in size, reusable, or made of materials th...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1992Nov 3 |
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 6, 1992?
This proposed law would impose an excise tax on oil, toxic chemicals, and other hazardous substances, and would direct that the money raised, along ...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1992Nov 3 |
5 |
29TH DISTRICT ONLY Shall the representative from this district be instructed to vote, each time such a bill is presented for legislation setting up a single payer health care system in Massachusetts? Such a system shall: provide the same comprehensive health coverage to all residents, with consumer ...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
29th Middlesex District |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on December 17, 1987 by a vote of 180 to 6, and on June 11, 1990 by a vote of 186 to 6?
The p...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
2 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or House of Representatives before May 2, 1990?
The proposed law would place restrictions on the State's use of consultants. It would place various limits on the amount of profit, overhead charges and...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
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 2, 1990?
This proposed law would change the state income tax rate, affect language contained in certain tax provisions, and regulate the setting of fees by...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
4 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or House of Representatives before May 2, 1990?
This proposed law would change the state election laws governing the establishment of political parties and the nomination of candidates.
The propos...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
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 2, 1990?
This proposed law would regulate the distribution to cities and towns of the Local Aid Fund, which consists of at least 40% of the revenue generated...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
6 |
Small radio and television broadcast outlets be required to give free and equal time to all certified candidates for public office in the commonwealth?See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1990Nov 6 |
7 |
Shall Middlesex County elect to transfer to the Commonwealth all right, title and interest held by said county in:
A. The Superior Court House building and land in Lowell, Massachusetts
B. The Superior Court House building and land in Cambridge, Massachusetts
C. The Probate Court/Registr...See Details » |
Local Measure |
Middlesex County |
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| 1988Nov 8 |
1 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on May 20, 1987, by a vote of 93-58, and approved by the Senate on May 20, 1987, by a vote of 31-8?
The law provides a salary increase, effective January 7, 1987, for the members of the legi...See Details » |
Referendum |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1988Nov 8 |
2 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 3, 1988, by a vote of 24-123, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 4, 1988?
The proposed law would repeal state law requiring that the wages, including payment t...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1988Nov 8 |
3 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 2, 1988, by a vote of 2-150, and disapproved by the Senate on May 3, 1988, by a vote of 0-34?
The proposed law would require the Commissioner of the Department of Food and Agricult...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1988Nov 8 |
4 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, upon which no vote was taken by the House of Representatives or the Senate before May 4, 1988?
The proposed law would provide that, after July 4, 1989, there shall be no further generation of electric power by commercial nuclear power plants...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1988Nov 8 |
5 |
Shall the Representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress and the President of the United States to achieve peace in the Middle East by: demanding that Israel end its violations of Palestinian human rights and its occupation of the West Bank and...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on June 27, 1984 by a vote of 120-67, and on April 30, 1986 by a vote of 123-69.
The proposed...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
2 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on December 12, 1984 by a vote of 108-79, and on April 16, 1986 by a vote of 107-87?
The prop...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
3 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 6, 1986, by a vote of 49 - 93, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 7, 1986?
The proposed law would reduce and then repeal the 7 1/2% surtax on Massachusetts sta...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
4 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on May 5, 1986, by a vote of 145 - 0, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 7, 1986?
The proposed law would require the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineer...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
5 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on October 17, 1985, by a vote of 77-62, and which was approved by the Senate on October 17, 1985?
The law requires all drivers and passengers to wear properly adjusted and fastened safety b...See Details » |
Referendum |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
6 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 6, 1986, by a vote of 56-93, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 7, 1986?
The proposed law would provide a system of voter registration by mail applicable to al...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
7 |
Shall the Commonwealth of Massachusetts urge the United States Congress to enact a national health program which provides high quality comprehensive personal health care including preventive curative and occupational health services; is universal in coverage, community controlled, nationally organiz...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
8 |
Shall the Commonwealth of Massachusetts urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to enact a national acid rain control program which would require a fifty percent reduction in total national sulfur dioxide emissions by the year nineteen hundred and ninety-five and which...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1986Nov 4 |
A |
Shall a charter study commission be created to study the present governmental structure of Middlesex county to consider and make findings concerning the form of government and make recommendations thereon?See Details » |
Referendum |
Middlesex County |
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| 1984Nov 6 |
1 |
Shall the Representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon the United States Congress and the President of the United States to immediately withdraw any and all troops and military advisors from El Salvador and Honduras; to stop any and all military aid t...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1984May 15 |
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Shall the City of Somerville be allowed to exempt from the tax limitations of General Laws chapter 59, section 21C, the amounts required to pay the city's share of the cost of the principal and interest on bonds or notes issued by the city for the consolidated public school project authorized by an ...See Details » |
Local Measure |
City of Somerville |
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| 1983Nov 8 |
1 |
Shall the people of Somerville declare the city of Somerville to be a Nuclear Free Zone and thereby prohibit the design, production, storage, transportation of deployment of nuclear weapons and/ or any device, the primary function of which is to contribute to the operation of a nuclear weapon?See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1983Nov 8 |
2 |
Shall the Somerville elected officials be directed to lobby to obtain more State Aid for the City of Somerville to directly fund education and youth services and to increase State Aid by eliminating those corporation tax breaks that do not benefit the citizens of the Commonwealth?See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
City of Somerville |
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| 1983Nov 8 |
3 |
Shall the board of assessors consist of three full time professionally qualified members who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Alderman?See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
City of Somerville |
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| 1982Nov 2 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on July 2, 1980 by a vote of 171-4, and on June 21, 1982 by a vote of 144-44?
The proposed co...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1982Nov 2 |
2 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on September 19, 1980 by a vote of 123-63, and on June 21, 1982 by a vote of 125-62?
The prop...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1982Nov 2 |
3 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the House of Representatives or the Senate before July 7, 1982?
The proposed law would require that before the construction or operation of any new nuclear power plant or low-level radioactive waste storage or d...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1982Nov 2 |
4 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on November 10, 1981 by a vote of 108-49, and by the Senate on November 16, 1981 by a vote of 29-10?
The law requires that a refundable deposit be paid for certain beverage containers sold i...See Details » |
Referendum |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1982Nov 2 |
5 |
Shall the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts inform the President and the Congress of the United States that it is the desire of the people of Massachusetts to have the government of the United States work vigorously to negotiate a mutual nuclear weapons moratorium and reduction, with ap...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1982Nov 2 |
6 |
Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution requesting the United States and Soviet Union to stop the nuclear arms race, and specifically to adopt a mutual, verifiable freeze on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons and of missiles and new ...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on September 7, 1977, by a vote of 262-1, and on May 28, 1980, by a vote of 192-02
The propos...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
2 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 6, 1980, by a vote of 5-146, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 7, 1980?
The proposed law would limit certain taxes, and change laws relating to school budget...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
3 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 6, 1980, by a vote of 2-147, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 7, 1980?
The proposed law would limit local property taxes and state taxes and would provide for...See Details » |
Initiative Petition |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
4 |
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on November 1, 1979, by a vote of 83-62, and which was approved by the Senate on November 1, 1979?
The law provides for increases in the salaries of members of the legislature and the consti...See Details » |
Referendum |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
5 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on November 30, 1977, by a vote of 257-8, and on September 18, 1980, by a vote of 179-6?
The ...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
6 |
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 House of Representatives and the Senate on September 7, 1977 by a vote of 264-0, and on September 19, 1980, by a vote of 162-0?
The p...See Details » |
Constitutional Amendment |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
7 |
Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling on the federal government to cease unnecessary spending on new military programs and, instead, to spend the funds for civilian needs such as construction of energy-efficient housing, mass transit, public educ...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1980Nov 4 |
8 |
Thirty First Middlesex District: Shall the Representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation prohibiting the construction or licensing of any new nuclear power plants and providing state programs to encourage building insulation, energy conservation, solar and hydro-ele...See Details » |
Advisory/Public Policy Question |
State of Massachusetts |
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| 1979Nov 6 |
1 |
Shall the vote of the Board of Aldermen rescinding the acceptance of Chapter 468 of the General Acts of 1911 be approved?
Chapter 468 of the General Acts of 1911 brought the position of Chief of Police of the Somerville Police Department under the provision of the Civil Service Law....See Details » |
Local Measure |
City of Somerville |
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| 1979Nov 6 |
2 |
Shall the vote of the Board of Aldermen rescinding the acceptance of Chapter 91 of the General Acts of 1933 be approved?
Chapter 91 of the General Acts of 1933 brought the position of Chief Engineer of the Somerville Fire Department (Fire Chief) under the provisions of the Civil Ser...See Details » |
Local Measure |
City of Somerville |
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