1922 Nov 7 :: State of Massachusetts :: Referendum :: Shall a law(Chapter 427 of the Acts of 1922 )enacted to enforce in Massachusetts the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which provides that except as authorized by the act, the manufacture, sale, barter, transportation, importation, exportation, delivery, furnishing or possessing of any intoxicating liquor, as defined in the act, shall be a criminal offence and be punished in the manner prescribed by the act, which law was passed in the House of Representatives by a majority of 134 in the affirmative to 68 in the negative, and in the Senate by a majority of 28 in the affirmative to 9 in the negative, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved?

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Ballot Question Results

Ward	Yes	No	Blank Votes	Total Votes Cast	Total Ballots Cast
Totals	8,817	9,935	2,935	18,752	21,687
1 Less «	700	1,293	398	1,993	2,391
Precinct 1	358	549	156	907	1,063
Precinct 2	236	364	95	600	695
Precinct 3	87	228	72	315	387
Precinct 4	19	152	75	171	246
2 Less «	316	1,144	404	1,460	1,864
Precinct 1	57	243	97	300	397
Precinct 2	196	641	208	837	1,045
Precinct 3	63	260	99	323	422
3 Less «	1,032	1,009	326	2,041	2,367
Precinct 1	567	510	168	1,077	1,245
Precinct 2	465	499	158	964	1,122
4 Less «	817	1,082	277	1,899	2,176
Precinct 1	396	590	146	986	1,132
Precinct 2	421	492	131	913	1,044
5 Less «	1,442	1,549	434	2,991	3,425
Precinct 1	729	574	144	1,303	1,447
Precinct 2	472	438	122	910	1,032
Precinct 3	241	537	168	778	946
6 Less «	1,587	1,775	458	3,362	3,820
Precinct 1	336	470	108	806	914
Precinct 2	300	416	116	716	832
Precinct 3	421	356	98	777	875
Precinct 4	530	533	136	1,063	1,199
7 Less «	2,923	2,083	638	5,006	5,644
Precinct 1	668	361	155	1,029	1,184
Precinct 2	697	444	112	1,141	1,253
Precinct 3	623	511	185	1,134	1,319
Precinct 4	486	465	111	951	1,062
Precinct 5	449	302	75	751	826
Totals	8,817	9,935	2,935	18,752	21,687