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Massachusetts Question 1, Representative Town Meeting Government Amendment (1926)
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| Topic Local government officials and elections and Local government organization |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Massachusetts Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Massachusetts on November 2, 1926. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the legislature to create a representative town meeting form of government in towns with more than 6,000 residents, where only elected members, rather than all residents, may participate in town meetings. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the legislature to create a representative town meeting form of government in towns with more than 6,000 residents, where only elected members, rather than all residents, may participate in town meetings. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Question 1 |
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394,538 | 71.04% | ||
| No | 160,837 | 28.96% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall an amendment to the constitution which authorizes the General Court to establish in any corporate town containing more than six thousand inhabitants a form of town government providing for town meetings limited to such inhabitants of the town as may be elected for the purpose, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 29, 1924, 189 votes in the affirmative and 40 In the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held March 18, 1925, received 262 votes in the affirmative and 4 In the negative, be approved? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Massachusetts Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two successive joint legislative sessions for the Massachusetts State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 101 votes in the joint session of the state legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
External links
- William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Statewide Ballot Measures: 1919-Present"
- The Springfield Sunday Union and Republican, "Specimen Ballot for Tuesday's Elections," October 31, 1926
Footnotes
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