Massachusetts Repeal Political Party Enrollment at Primary Elections and Change Committee Membership Measure (1914)

Massachusetts Repeal Political Party Enrollment at Primary Elections and Change Committee Membership Measure
Election date November 3, 1914
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred state statute	Origin State legislature

Massachusetts Repeal Political Party Enrollment at Primary Elections and Change Committee Membership Measure was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Massachusetts on November 3, 1914. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported repealing political party enrollment at primary elections and changing the composition of party committees.

A "no" vote opposed repealing political party enrollment at primary elections and changing the composition of party committees.

Election results

Massachusetts Repeal Political Party Enrollment at Primary Elections and Change Committee Membership Measure
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		253,716	74.50%
No		86,834	25.50%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Repeal Political Party Enrollment at Primary Elections and Change Committee Membership Measure was as follows:

“

Shall the act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, providing for the abolition of party enrollment at primary elections, be accepted? [ ] Yes  [ ] No

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

The measure was placed on the ballot by a vote of the Massachusetts State Legislature on July 7, 1914.

See also

1914 Measures

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• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1914 legislative sessions

Massachusetts

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