Massachusetts ballot measures
9 statewide measures on the November 3 ballot, in the wording Massachusetts prints on the ballot. Your own ballot, with local measures too: Massachusetts’s sample-ballot lookup.
Question 1 · Expanding the Public Records Law
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would make most records held by the Legislature and the Office of the Governor public records un…
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Question 2 · Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would specify that employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (“CPCS”) are permitted…
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Question 3 · State Primary Elections
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would eliminate political party primaries for state elections and instead establish a system whe…
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Question 4 · Election Day Registration
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would permit eligible individuals to register to vote or update their voter registration address…
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Question 5 · State Revenue Limit & Rebate
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would change the limit on how much revenue the state can collect in a given year. The proposal w…
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Question 6 · Natural Resource Conservation Fund
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would establish a Nature for All Fund that, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, would r…
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Question 7 · Single Family Homes
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
This proposed law would allow single-family homes to be built in a residentially zoned area as long as the land on…
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Question 8 · Prohibit Retail Sale of Adult Recreational Use Marijuana
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2026?
Summary
The proposed law would change the type and amount of marijuana that may legally be possessed in Massachusetts by r…
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Question 9 · Firearms Regulation
Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was approved by the House of Representatives on July 18, 2024 by a vote of 124 to 33, and approved by the Senate on July 18, 2024 by a vote of 35 to 5?
Summary
This law makes a number of changes to Massachuset…
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Checked 2026-10-20 against the official source; each measure links the page its text came from. Confirm with your official ballot.