Massachusetts Question 2, Public Taxicab Stands Initiative (1938)
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| Topic Public transportation |
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| Type Indirect initiated state statute |
Origin |
Massachusetts Question 2 was on the ballot as an indirect initiated state statute in Massachusetts on November 8, 1938. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing cities and towns to establish free public taxicab stands for use by locally licensed vehicles for hire and to eliminate other forms of taxi stand regulation. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing cities and towns to establish free public taxicab stands for use by locally licensed vehicles for hire and to eliminate other forms of taxi stand regulation. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Question 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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664,762 | 51.97% | ||
| No | 614,487 | 48.03% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the proposed measure which provides that in any city or town which accepts its terms, the licensing authorities shall establish free public taxicab stands for the use of all taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire whose owners are licensed within such city or town, and shall abolish all other forms of — which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 96 in the affirmative and 109 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 4 in the affirmative and 35 in the negative-he approved? | ” |
Path to the ballot
Before 1952, citizen-initiated ballot measures in Massachusetts required a fixed number of signatures. In 1950, voters approved a constitutional amendment changing this to a percentage-based system, tying the number of required signatures to ballots cast in the most recent gubernatorial election. Before 1952, the signature requirement for indirect initiated state statutes was 20,000, with an additional 5,000 if the Legislature rejected the proposal and proponents wanted it placed on the ballot.
See also
External links
- William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Statewide Ballot Measures: 1919-Present"
- The North Adams Transcript, "Warrant for Biennial State Election 1938," October 29, 1938
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