Worcester, Massachusetts, Repeal of Proportional Representation Initiative (November 1960)
| Worcester Question 2 | |
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| Topic Local electoral systems |
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| Type Initiative |
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Worcester Question 2 was on the ballot as an initiative in Worcester on November 8, 1960. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this ballot initiative to repeal the use of proportional representation to elect the city council and instead require plurality voting. |
A "no" vote opposed this ballot initiative to repeal the use of proportional representation to elect the city council and instead require plurality voting. |
Election results
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Worcester Question 2 |
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46,982 | 60.56% | ||
| No | 30,593 | 39.44% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixty, entitled ‘An Act providing for the nomination of members of the city council and the school committee of the city of Worcester by preliminary elections and providing for their election by ordinary plurality voting’, be accepted? | ” |
Path to the ballot
The ballot measure was a citizen-initiated ballot measure. Proponents collected signatures for the initiative.
In 1960, the Massachusetts General Court passed a bill to provide for citizen-initiated ballot measures to repeal local proportional representation systems, known as Plan E. The legislation required that signatures from 5% of registered voters to place the initiative on the ballot.[1]
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