Category Archives: Ballot Q

This November, buried at the end of a long ballot (past all of the statewide questions), the above districts will find a question about reforming legislative stipends. It’s easy toContinue reading “Is Stipend Reform on your Ballot?”

Public Records Requirements for Legislature and Governor’s Office Initiative – The initiative would require that records the state legislature and the governor’s office hold be public records. As of 2026,Continue reading “Yes on Question 1: Expanding Public Records Law”

Permit Collective Bargaining for Committee for Public Counsel Services Employees Initiative – The initiative would permit employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) to engage in collective bargainingContinue reading “YES on Question 2: Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees”

Top-Two Primary Elections Initiative – Question 3 would adopt top-two primaries for state offices and require gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates to run as a joint ticket in primaries.  TheContinue reading “NO on Question 3: Top-Two Primary Winners- often called All Party or Jungle primaries”

Permit Same-Day Voter Registration Initiative – The ballot initiative would provide for same-day voter registration. 21 States and Washington, D.C. have already implemented this policy to protect voter’s rights. It’sContinue reading “YES on Question 4: Election Day Registration”

Change State Tax Revenue Limit Initiative – The initiative would change the method of calculating the state’s tax revenue limit so that it is equal to the sum of theContinue reading “NO on Question 5: Change State Tax Formula”

Limit on Required Lot Size for Single-Family Homes Initiative – The initiative would require cities and towns to allow single-family homes on residentially zoned lots that meet minimum standards ofContinue reading “YES on Question 7: Single Family Homes”

Eliminate Recreational Marijuana Sales and Allow Limited Possession Initiative – The initiative would repeal the state’s laws that legalized, regulated, and taxed retail sales of recreational marijuana. It would continueContinue reading “Vote NO on Question 8: End Recreational Cannabis Sales and Tax Revenue”

A veto referendum has been certified for the ballot since November 2024. It will allow voters to decide whether to retain or repeal House Bill 4885, which made several changesContinue reading “Yes on Question 9: Uphold Gun Safety Law”

Watch this informative Progressive Mass video explainer of all 9 Massachusetts ballot questions. Director of Policy, Jonathan Cohn talks about the history of each initiative, what it would do ifContinue reading “Progressive Mass Video and Materials for All 9 Questions”