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A ballot drop box at Boston City Hall. Ballot questions 1, 2 and 3 were passed while questions 4 and 5 were rejected. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Yes or No: Massachusetts voters decided on ballot questions

Vivian Ainomugisha November 11, 2024
Massachusetts voters approved three ballot questions and rejected two others on Nov. 6, with the approved measures set to impact government transparency, education requirements and rideshare worker rights.
A ballot drop box outside of the Boston Public Library entrance on Boylston Street. There are five questions on the Massachusetts ballot for residents to vote on in addition to the presidential election. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How did Massachusetts voters decide on ballot questions?

Mara Mellits November 5, 2024
Along with deciding the next president, Massachusetts voters will also decide on five key ballot questions on Tuesday.
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Question 1: Millionaire’s tax decoded

Bailey Scott November 9, 2022
Q1, also known as the millionaire's tax, would add a 4% state income tax to all income over $1 million
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The FreeP says YES to the ballot questions | EDITORIAL

Editors November 8, 2022
The Daily Free Press Editorial Board has chosen to endorse the following answers to each of the four questions on the ballot for the midterm elections. 
Question 1 on the November ballot will have Massachusetts voters decide on the Right to Repair law, which would give car owners and independent repair shops more access to vehicle mechanical data. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Voters will decide on ‘right-to-repair’ law in November

Nick Kolev September 30, 2020
Massachusetts voters will decide this November if car owners and independent repair shops should have more access to vehicle mechanical data.
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Massachusetts votes ‘no’ on Ballot Question 1, ‘yes’ on 2 and 3

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2018
Massachusetts residents voted on three ballot measures in Tuesday’s midterm election, rejecting a proposition to limit the ratio of nurses to patients and approving propositions having to do with limiting political spending and protecting the rights of transgender people in the Commonwealth.
EDITORIAL: FreeP’s endorsements on the Massachusetts ballot measures

EDITORIAL: FreeP’s endorsements on the Massachusetts ballot measures

Editors November 1, 2018

Massachusetts voters have less than a week to decide the fate of three ballot measures regulating health care, political spending and transgender rights. If you’re struggling to make sense of the initiatives...

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Mass. passes marijuana legalization, rejects charter schools

Daily Free Press Staff November 9, 2016

By Till Kaeslin, Ellie French and Shannon Larson Massachusetts residents on Tuesday voted on four tightly contested ballot questions; both Questions 1 and 2 were rejected and Questions 3 and 4 passed,...

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12 days until Election Day: A look at ballot question groups’ campaign funding

Sabrina Schnur October 27, 2016

Four ballot questions will be presented to Massachusetts voters on Nov. 8, and a report updated last week by the Office of Campaign and Political Finance details the funding each ballot question group...

Massachusetts ballot Question 1 proposes that the gas tax should be indexed based on changes in inflation.

Massachusetts advocacy networks weigh in on four upcoming ballot questions

Jessica Dorfan October 30, 2014

On Tuesday, registered voters in Massachusetts will hit the polls to not only vote for new state leaders, but also to decide on politicized issues in the Commonwealth. The 2014 ballot questions address...

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