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1920 Nov 2 :: State of Massachusetts :: Initiative PetitionShall an act entitled "An Act to regulate the Manufacture and Sale of Beer, Cider and light wines," and in which it is provided that all beverages containing not less than one half of one per cent and not more than two and three fourths per cent of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit shall be deemed not to be intoxicating liquor, which act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 121 in favor and 67 against, and passed the Senate by a vote of 26 in favor and 6 against, and was thereafter vetoed by His Excellency the Governor, and failed of passage in the Senate over the said veto by a vote of 14 in favor and 22 against, be approved?

Ward	Yes	No	Total Votes Cast	Blank Votes	Total Ballots Cast
Totals	8,938	12,400	21,338	3,041	24,379
1 Less «	1,161	1,000	2,161	338	2,499
Precinct 1	491	436	927	145	1,072
Precinct 2	309	395	704	91	795
Precinct 3	173	144	317	55	372
Precinct 4	188	25	213	47	260
2 Less «	1,187	454	1,641	393	2,034
Precinct 1	291	64	355	99	454
Precinct 2	636	286	922	199	1,121
Precinct 3	260	104	364	95	459
3 Less «	1,029	1,428	2,457	289	2,746
Precinct 1	544	767	1,311	160	1,471
Precinct 2	485	661	1,146	129	1,275
4 Less «	842	1,370	2,212	263	2,475
Precinct 1	432	692	1,124	139	1,263
Precinct 2	410	678	1,088	124	1,212
5 Less «	1,291	2,024	3,315	454	3,769
Precinct 1	438	1,007	1,445	191	1,636
Precinct 2	412	653	1,065	115	1,180
Precinct 3	441	364	805	148	953
6 Less «	1,621	2,220	3,841	589	4,430
Precinct 1	426	439	865	175	1,040
Precinct 2	370	489	859	142	1,001
Precinct 3	307	577	884	122	1,006
Precinct 4	518	715	1,233	150	1,383
7 Less «	1,807	3,904	5,711	715	6,426
Precinct 1	344	866	1,210	129	1,339
Precinct 2	372	899	1,271	164	1,435
Precinct 3	450	861	1,311	199	1,510
Precinct 4	394	702	1,096	131	1,227
Precinct 5	247	576	823	92	915
Totals	8,938	12,400	21,338	3,041	24,379