Winner  Declared winner
Winner No
Keeps current income tax
70%
Yes
Cuts, then eliminates, income tax
30%
100% of precincts reporting
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Winner Yes
Fine, not jail for ounce or less
65%
No
Keeps current laws
35%
100% of precincts reporting
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Winner Yes
Dog racing is outlawed
56%
No
Dog racing remains legal
44%
100% of precincts reporting
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LOCAL BALLOT QUESTIONS

Proposition 2 1/2 overrides

Barre
Summary: Should Barre override Proposition 2 1/2 to pay for the bonds and notes issued to construct a Senior Center and upgrade water treatment facilities and sewers?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Barre 2 of 2 1,266 1,167
Total 2 of 2 1,266 1,167
Belchertown
Summary: Should Belchertown override Proposition 2 1/2 to cover the costs of designing, renovating, and expanding Clapp Memorial Library?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Belchertown 4 of 4 2,953 4,445
Total 4 of 4 2,953 4,445
Brockton
Summary: Should Brockton approve a $1,130,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override to provide additional police officers and firefighters this fiscal year?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Brockton 28 of 28 20,230 9,847
Total 28 of 28 20,230 9,847
Brockton
Summary: Should Brockton approve a $210,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override to provide additional funding to public libraries this fiscal year?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Brockton 28 of 28 19,770 10,349
Total 28 of 28 19,770 10,349
Brockton
Summary: Should Brockton approve a $2,250,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override to provide additional funds to the Brockton Public Schools for transportation and for meeting educational reform requirements?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Brockton 28 of 28 18,114 12,032
Total 28 of 28 18,114 12,032
Charlton
Summary: Should Charlton override Proposition 2 1/2 to fund a new Highway Department facility?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Yes
Charlton 3 of 3 2,981 3,025
Total 3 of 3 2,981 3,025
East Bridgewater
Summary: Should East Bridgewater approve a $1.25 million Proposition 2 1/2 override to create a capital projects fund?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
East Bridgewater 4 of 4 5,477 1,311
Total 4 of 4 5,477 1,311
Littleton
Summary: Should Littleton override Proposition 2 1/2 to fund design plans for a new police station?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Littleton 3 of 3 2,021 2,889
Total 3 of 3 2,021 2,889
Longmeadow
Summary: Should Longmeadow override Proposition 2 1/2 to pay for a study of facility and programming deficiencies at Longmeadeow High School?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Longmeadow 5 of 5 3,501 5,599
Total 5 of 5 3,501 5,599
Mattapoisett
Summary: Should Mattapoisett approve a $4.6 million Proposition 2 1/2 override to pay for a new fire station?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Mattapoisett 2 of 2 1,973 1,808
Total 2 of 2 1,973 1,808
Mendon
Summary: Should Mendon approve a Proposition 2 1/2 override to fund a new police station?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Mendon 1 of 1 1,708 1,228
Total 1 of 1 1,708 1,228
Needham
Summary: Should Needham approve a $1,887,929 Proposition 2 1/2 override to fund operating expenses for the public schools in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Needham 10 of 10 7,739 8,889
Total 10 of 10 7,739 8,889
Orleans
Summary: Should Orleans override Proposition 2 1/2 to fund the construction of a new police station?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Orleans 2 of 2 2,322 1,806
Total 2 of 2 2,322 1,806
Orleans
Summary: Should Orleans override Proposition 2 1/2 to fund the purchase of 5.22 acres of land along Route 28?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Orleans 2 of 2 1,566 2,585
Total 2 of 2 1,566 2,585
Newburyport
Summary: Should Newburyport move $7.8 million of existing municipal debt from the city's operating budget into a debt-payment account outside the limitations of Proposition 2 1/2?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Yes
Newburyport 7 of 7 5,049 4,988
Total 7 of 7 5,049 4,988
Spencer
Summary: Should Spencer borrow $1.2 million for the purchase of a new Fire Department ladder truck?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Spencer 4 of 4 2,177 3,033
Total 4 of 4 2,177 3,033
Tisbury
Summary: Should Tisbury override Proposition 2 1/2 to fund construction of an Emergency Services Facility to house the Fire Department, ambulance, and Civil Defense departments?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Tisbury 1 of 1 965 1,065
Total 1 of 1 965 1,065
Walpole
Summary: Should Walpole approve a $7 million Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion to fund construction of a new public library?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Walpole 8 of 8 6,976 6,108
Total 8 of 8 6,976 6,108

Change government

11th Norfolk State House
Summary: Should the representative of this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation abolishing county government and transfering all its functions and duties to state government, including operating jails, the Registry of Deeds, and courthouses?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Dedham 7 of 7 6,787 2,818
Walpole 1 of 1 1,043 398
Westwood 4 of 4 4,429 1,971
Total 12 of 12 12,259 5,187
Dukes County
Summary: Should Dukes County elect its seven county commissioners to concurrent two-year terms instead of the current staggered four-year terms?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Aquinnah 1 of 1 65 188
Chilmark 1 of 1 165 412
Edgartown 1 of 1 505 1,441
Gosnold 1 of 1 18 42
Oak Bluffs 1 of 1 613 1,480
Tisbury 1 of 1 578 1,357
West Tisbury 1 of 1 409 1,113
Total 7 of 7 2,353 6,033
Palmer
Summary: Should Palmer elect a Charter Commission to revise the town charter?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Palmer 4 of 4 2,027 3,031
Total 4 of 4 2,027 3,031

Change state legislature

Summary: Should the representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation to make the state Legislature a part-time legislative body with part-time pay and benefits?
10th Bristol State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Fairhaven 6 of 6 2,721 3,787
Marion 1 of 1 1,026 1,495
Mattapoisett 2 of 2 1,381 2,041
Middleborough 2 of 2 1,170 1,562
Rochester 1 of 1 928 1,474
Total 12 of 12 7,226 10,359
14th Norfolk State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Natick 1 of 1 740 838
Wellesley 7 of 7 4,877 5,770
Weston 4 of 4 2,197 2,736
Total 12 of 12 7,814 9,344
27th Middlesex State House
Summary: Should the representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of amending the state constitution to replace the Legislature with a Commonwealth Jury of 100 randomly selected adult residents, each serving a one-year term?
City or town Precincts
reporting
Winner No Yes
Somerville 11 of 11 11,415 3,468
Total 11 of 11 11,415 3,468

Community Preservation Act

Amherst
Summary: Should Amherst amend its acceptance of the Community Preservation Act by increasing the property tax surcharge from 1.5% to 3%?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Yes
Amherst 10 of 10 5,294 5,122
Total 10 of 10 5,294 5,122
Gloucester
Summary: Should Gloucester adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 1 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Gloucester 10 of 10 6,088 8,259
Total 10 of 10 6,088 8,259
Northfield
Summary: Should Northfield adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 3 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Yes
Northfield 1 of 1 792 817
Total 1 of 1 792 817
Royalston
Summary: Should Royalston adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 3 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Royalston 2 of 2 311 350
Total 2 of 2 311 350
Shutesbury
Summary: Should Shutesbury adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 1.5 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Shutesbury 1 of 1 284 859
Total 1 of 1 284 859
Swansea
Summary: Should Swansea adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 1.5 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Swansea 5 of 5 3,026 4,946
Total 5 of 5 3,026 4,946
West Springfield
Summary: Should West Springfield adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 1 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
West Springfield 8 of 8 4,908 6,018
Total 8 of 8 4,908 6,018
Whatley
Summary: Should Whatley adopt the Community Preservation Act and establish a property tax surcharge of 3 percent? The funds are matched by the state and can be used to buy land for open space or recreation, as well as affordable housing and other uses.
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Whately 1 of 1 378 569
Total 1 of 1 378 569

Distribute 'rainy day' fund

Summary: Should the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation distributing $450 million from the state's "rainy day" stabilization fund to cities and towns for residential property tax relief?
5th Barnstable State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Barnstable 3 of 3 1,900 3,708
Bourne 1 of 1 478 1,083
Mashpee 2 of 2 838 1,806
Sandwich 7 of 7 3,061 7,227
Total 13 of 13 6,277 13,824
18th Essex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Andover 3 of 3 2,258 3,006
Boxford 1 of 1 547 1,003
Georgetown 1 of 1 582 1,397
Haverhill 4 of 4 1,484 3,058
Methuen 1 of 1 521 1,062
North Andover 2 of 2 1,452 2,301
Total 12 of 12 6,844 11,827
37th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Acton 3 of 3 2,316 2,846
Boxborough 1 of 1 946 1,480
Harvard 1 of 1 1,027 2,049
Lancaster 1 of 1 335 899
Lunenburg 4 of 4 1,446 3,558
Shirley 1 of 1 783 1,928
Total 11 of 11 6,853 12,760
6th Worcester State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Charlton 3 of 3 1,855 4,057
East Brookfield 1 of 1 271 735
Oxford 1 of 1 421 922
Southbridge 5 of 5 1,699 3,846
Spencer 2 of 2 749 1,928
Total 12 of 12 4,995 11,488
18th Worcester State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Bellingham 5 of 5 2,163 4,886
Blackstone 3 of 3 971 2,685
Millville 1 of 1 392 951
Sutton 2 of 2 993 2,008
Uxbridge 3 of 3 1,397 3,033
Total 14 of 14 5,916 13,563

Liquor licenses

Carlisle
Summary: Should the town of Carlisle grant licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Carlisle 1 of 1 852 2,333
Total 1 of 1 852 2,333
Harvard
Summary: Should the town of Harvard grant licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages by restaurants and function rooms seating 100 or more people?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Harvard 1 of 1 542 2,817
Total 1 of 1 542 2,817
Melrose
Summary: Should Melrose allow up to three stores to sell beer and wine only for off-premises consumption?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Melrose 14 of 14 5,246 9,314
Total 14 of 14 5,246 9,314
Melrose
Summary: Should Melrose allow restaurants with between 50 and 100 seats to apply for a beer and wine license?
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Melrose 14 of 14 3,050 11,447
Total 14 of 14 3,050 11,447

Medical marijuana use

Summary: Should the representative from this district be instructed to vote for legislation allowing seriously ill patients, with the consent of their doctor, to possess and grow small amounts of marijuana for their personal medical use?
1st Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Ayer 2 of 2 847 2,289
Dunstable 1 of 1 443 1,032
Groton 3 of 3 1,333 4,293
Pepperell 3 of 3 1,506 4,353
Townsend 3 of 3 1,289 3,418
Total 12 of 12 5,418 15,385
21st Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Bedford 4 of 4 1,678 5,033
Burlington 6 of 6 3,667 7,863
Wilmington 1 of 1 563 1,250
Total 11 of 11 5,908 14,146
13th Norfolk State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Dover 1 of 1 849 2,268
Medfield 2 of 2 863 2,373
Needham 10 of 10 4,406 11,709
Total 13 of 13 6,118 16,350
6th Plymouth State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Duxbury 4 of 4 1,612 4,186
Halifax 1 of 1 467 1,280
Hanson 3 of 3 1,509 3,513
Pembroke 5 of 5 2,561 6,270
Total 13 of 13 6,149 15,249

Palestinian rights

Summary: Should the representative from this district be instructed to vote for a resolution calling on the US to support the right of all people, including Palestinian citizens of Israel, to live free from laws that give more rights to one religion than another?
25th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Cambridge 13 of 13 3,650 9,637
Total 13 of 13 3,650 9,637
27th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Somerville 11 of 11 5,542 9,100
Total 11 of 11 5,542 9,100

Reduce greenhouse gasses

Summary: Should the representative from this district be instructed to vote for legislation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts by 80% by 2020, and changes the tax code to favor renewable energy, conservation, and sustainable agriculture?
8th Bristol State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Fall River 8 of 8 1,633 4,066
Westport 5 of 5 1,926 5,150
Total 13 of 13 3,559 9,216
1st Hampshire State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Hatfield 1 of 1 444 1,429
Montgomery 1 of 1 113 325
Northampton 14 of 14 1,718 12,606
Southampton 1 of 1 851 2,061
Westhampton 1 of 1 236 731
Total 18 of 18 3,362 17,152
3rd Hampshire State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Amherst 10 of 10 1,140 9,981
Granby 1 of 1 771 2,217
Total 11 of 11 1,911 12,198
3rd Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Bolton 1 of 1 579 1,914
Hudson 7 of 7 1,932 6,349
Maynard 4 of 4 994 3,851
Stow 1 of 1 743 2,723
Total 13 of 13 4,248 14,837
9th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Lexington 3 of 3 777 4,832
Waltham 9 of 9 2,407 8,685
Total 12 of 12 3,184 13,517
15th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Arlington 4 of 4 566 3,269
Lexington 6 of 6 1,689 8,135
Woburn 4 of 4 1,089 3,279
Total 14 of 14 3,344 14,683
23rd Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Arlington 15 of 15 2,660 13,402
Medford 3 of 3 972 4,096
Total 18 of 18 3,632 17,498
24th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Arlington 2 of 2 307 1,676
Belmont 8 of 8 2,140 9,602
Cambridge 4 of 4 686 4,476
Total 14 of 14 3,133 15,754
32nd Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Melrose 14 of 14 2,659 10,266
Wakefield 4 of 4 1,447 5,160
Total 18 of 18 4,106 15,426
15th Norfolk State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Brookline 11 of 11 1,760 14,234
Total 11 of 11 1,760 14,234
3rd Worcester State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Fitchburg 12 of 12 2,959 8,737
Total 12 of 12 2,959 8,737

Single-payer health insurance

Summary: Should the representative from this district be instructed to support legislation creating a cost-effective single payer health insurance system that is available to all residents, and oppose laws penalizing those who fail to obtain health insurance.
1st Barnstable State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Brewster 3 of 3 1,677 3,975
Dennis 5 of 5 2,634 5,587
Yarmouth 4 of 4 1,941 3,779
Total 12 of 12 6,252 13,341
4th Barnstable State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Chatham 2 of 2 1,370 2,825
Eastham 1 of 1 928 2,500
Harwich 4 of 4 2,266 4,708
Orleans 2 of 2 1,420 2,755
Provincetown 1 of 1 242 1,873
Truro 1 of 1 249 1,037
Wellfleet 1 of 1 422 1,564
Total 12 of 12 6,897 17,262
Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Aquinnah 1 of 1 43 233
Chilmark 1 of 1 142 482
Edgartown 1 of 1 509 1,490
Falmouth 4 of 4 2,290 5,125
Gosnold 1 of 1 22 43
Nantucket 1 of 1 1,416 3,904
Oak Bluffs 1 of 1 526 1,671
Tisbury 1 of 1 477 1,610
West Tisbury 1 of 1 277 1,258
Total 12 of 12 5,702 15,816
2nd Franklin State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Athol 3 of 3 1,245 3,003
Erving 1 of 1 176 548
Gill 1 of 1 175 640
Greenfield 9 of 9 1,638 5,868
Orange 2 of 2 834 2,129
Warwick 1 of 1 94 283
Total 17 of 17 4,162 12,471
1st Hampshire State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Hatfield 1 of 1 512 1,355
Montgomery 1 of 1 161 289
Northampton 14 of 14 2,189 12,078
Southampton 1 of 1 958 1,975
Westhampton 1 of 1 265 698
Total 18 of 18 4,085 16,395
3rd Hampshire State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Amherst 10 of 10 1,624 9,412
Granby 1 of 1 947 2,025
Total 11 of 11 2,571 11,437
5th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Millis 2 of 2 928 1,734
Natick 9 of 9 4,373 8,822
Sherborn 1 of 1 962 1,340
Total 12 of 12 6,263 11,896
12th Middlesex State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Newton 14 of 14 4,384 11,556
Total 14 of 14 4,384 11,556
4th Plymouth State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Marshfield 7 of 7 4,285 8,172
Scituate 5 of 5 1,027 7,209
Total 12 of 12 5,312 15,381
10th Suffolk State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Boston 15 of 15 3,739 7,361
Brookline 3 of 3 1,482 3,396
Total 18 of 18 5,221 10,757

Support Cape Wind project

Summary: Should the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would support the development of Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound and other possible future onshore and offshore wind power developments in Massachusetts?
5th Norfolk State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Braintree 12 of 12 2,093 13,865
Holbrook 1 of 1 151 1,013
Randolph 1 of 1 251 1,080
Total 14 of 14 2,495 15,958
3rd Plymouth State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Cohasset 2 of 2 677 3,551
Hingham 7 of 7 1,523 11,052
Hull 3 of 3 465 5,001
Scituate 1 of 1 179 1,452
Total 13 of 13 2,844 21,056
4th Plymouth State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Marshfield 7 of 7 1,704 11,233
Scituate 5 of 5 1,027 7,209
Total 12 of 12 2,731 18,442
5th Plymouth State House
City or town Precincts
reporting
No Winner Yes
Hanover 4 of 4 898 6,417
Norwell 3 of 3 750 4,952
Rockland 6 of 6 902 6,942
Total 13 of 13 2,550 18,311