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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.
Ballot drop box outside of Boston Public Library. Question 4 is a 2024 ballot initiative that aims to legalize natural psychedelic substances. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Advocates support Question 4 ballot initiative to legalize use of psychedelics, opposition calls legislation flawed

Gabriel O’Hara Salini October 3, 2024
Question 4, a ballot measure seeking to legalize and regulate the use of psychedelic substances, has sparked statewide discourse among Massachusetts voters as they prepare to cast their ballots on Nov. 5.
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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. 
Marijuana farmers and advocates went to the State House Tuesday to preserve their right to grow cannabis. They are advocating in response to zoning laws. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Cannabis advocates, farmers strive to protect right to farm

Rickie Houston March 27, 2018
Marijuana advocates and farmers are trying to protect their right to grow the crop throughout the Commonwealth as they fear their rights are becoming limited — especially when it comes to zoning.
Pro-marijuana groups plan to introduce a bill January that would cut tax revenue for cities and towns in Massachusetts that enacted bans or limits on licensed marijuana operations.  Patriot Care is a marijuana dispensary in Downtown Boston. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pro-marijuana groups say no to revenue for pot-free towns

Campbell Zachara October 5, 2017

Pro-marijuana advocates are currently discussing a bill that would prevent Massachusetts towns that are trying to restrict recreational marijuana operations from collecting their share of cannabis...

Pro-marijuana groups like YES on 4 have been raising millions of dollars in campaign funds before the question of legalization is decided on election day. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

EDITORIAL: Marijuana is losing ground in Massachusetts, but maybe that’s not so bad

Editors September 18, 2017

When Question 4 passed last November legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts, the proponents of pot who had been fighting tooth and nail for years to see this victory were finally able to celebrate their...

GRAPHIC BY RACHEL DUNCAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Unbalanced Cannabis Control Commission raises concerns of recreational marijuana advocates

Shannon Larson September 7, 2017

The five members of the Cannabis Control Commission were finalized last week by state officials, with the addition of three more appointees, according to a press release from Massachusetts Treasurer...

A panel of business leaders gather Wednesday night in the Questrom School of Business Auditorium and discuss the potential economic impact of the 2016 motion to legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY BRIANNA BURNS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panel discusses potential of Massachusetts cannabis industry

Cynthia Fernandez February 23, 2017

More than 60 people gathered in the Questrom School of Business Auditorium Wednesday evening for a panel entitled “Beyond Stigma: Envisioning the Cannabis Market in Massachusetts.” The discussion...

EDITORIAL: Weedmaps student ambassadors will take down social stigma 

EDITORIAL: Weedmaps student ambassadors will take down social stigma 

Editors February 15, 2017

Massachusetts became the sixth state to legalize recreational marijuana when the residents of the Commonwealth voted yes on Question 4 on November. Since then, Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration has...

Legislators delay the implementation of the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. PHOTO BY LAUREN PETERSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. legislators continue to debate about marijuana legalization

Till Kaeslin January 26, 2017

Since Massachusetts voters casted their ballot on Question 4 and made it legal to purchase and consume recreational marijuana in the state, the law has been under high scrutiny by state legislators. Massachusetts...

Patriot Care on Milk Street in Boston was the first medical marijuana dispensary in Boston. Lawmakers are looking to potentially alter the referendum that was approved as Ballot Question 4. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. legislators hope to improve details of marijuana legalization bill

Alex Peña November 17, 2016

Massachusetts officials have called for the state legislature to change the wording of The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, which was approved as Question 4 on Nov. 8 by voters, in order for...

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