Massachusetts 1986 ballot measures

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In 1986, voters decided on eight statewide ballot measures in Massachusetts on November 4.

• Two were advisory questions.
• Three were indirect initiated state statutes.
• Two were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One was a veto referendum.
• Voters approved four (50%) and rejected four (50%).

On the ballot

November 4, 1986

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide that nothing in the Massachusetts Constitution prevents the General Court from regulating or banning abortion nor require public or private funding of abortion		689,908 (42%)	959,311 (58%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow public funds, materials, or services to be provided to private schools and their students		502,170 (30%)	1,154,069 (70%)
IndISS	Question 3	Reduce and then repeal the surtax on state income taxes and limit state tax revenue growth	a	863,130 (54%)	724,925 (46%)
IndISS	Question 4	Establish procedures for the identification and clean up of sites where oil or hazardous materials have been disposed of	a	1,174,676 (74%)	404,521 (26%)
VR	Question 5	Require drivers and passengers to wear properly adjusted and fastened seat belts, with certain exceptions		769,806 (46%)	892,580 (54%)
IndISS	Question 6	Establish a mail-in voting process for all qualified voters		603,370 (38%)	966,229 (62%)
LRAQ	Question 7	Urge the US Congress to adopt a national healthcare program	a	1,045,975 (67%)	510,161 (33%)
LRAQ	Question 8	Urge the President and US Congress to adopt a national acid rain control program	a	1,262,362 (82%)	280,379 (18%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Massachusetts
• List of Massachusetts ballot measures
• 1986 ballot measures

External links

• William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Statewide Ballot Measures: 1919-Present"