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Summary of Question 3
The proposed amendment would remove the prohibition against paupers from voting.
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View Official Source (PDF)1972 - Middlesex County - Question 3Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 258 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1971, received 262 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 416,456 |
104,973 |
106,437 | 598,306 | ||
| Acton |
6,080 |
1,142 |
491 |
7,713 |
||
| Arlington |
19,894 |
4,578 |
3,742 |
28,214 |
||
| Ashby |
611 |
211 |
145 |
967 |
||
| Ashland |
2,861 |
709 |
427 |
3,997 |
||
| Ayer |
1,217 |
413 |
282 |
1,912 |
||
| Bedford |
4,466 |
866 |
427 |
5,759 |
||
| Belmont |
10,972 |
2,771 |
2,176 |
15,919 |
||
| Billerica |
8,504 |
2,225 |
1,286 |
12,015 |
||
| Boxborough |
591 |
149 |
54 |
794 |
||
| Burlington |
6,747 |
1,415 |
1,355 |
9,517 |
||
| Cambridge |
28,950 |
5,616 |
7,119 |
41,685 |
||
| Carlisle |
1,148 |
237 |
111 |
1,496 |
||
| Chelmsford |
10,609 |
2,465 |
1,333 |
14,407 |
||
| Concord |
6,069 |
1,303 |
855 |
8,227 |
||
| Dracut |
5,237 |
1,981 |
1,630 |
8,848 |
||
| Dunstable |
441 |
105 |
72 |
618 |
||
| Everett |
8,554 |
3,268 |
6,447 |
18,269 |
||
| Framingham |
21,231 |
4,336 |
3,517 |
29,084 |
||
| Groton |
1,678 |
441 |
292 |
2,411 |
||
| Holliston |
4,079 |
837 |
481 |
5,397 |
||
| Hopkinton |
1,921 |
508 |
376 |
2,805 |
||
| Hudson |
3,992 |
1,171 |
1,093 |
6,256 |
||
| Lexington |
12,438 |
1,843 |
1,958 |
16,239 |
||
| Lincoln |
2,211 |
329 |
188 |
2,728 |
||
| Littleton |
2,164 |
431 |
266 |
2,861 |
||
| Lowell |
23,348 |
7,892 |
8,614 |
39,854 |
||
| Malden |
14,164 |
4,350 |
5,588 |
24,102 |
||
| Marlborough |
8,077 |
2,215 |
2,105 |
12,397 |
||
| Maynard |
2,812 |
744 |
711 |
4,267 |
||
| Medford |
17,912 |
5,380 |
6,376 |
29,668 |
||
| Melrose |
9,887 |
3,145 |
2,831 |
15,863 |
||
| Natick |
10,484 |
1,873 |
1,951 |
14,308 |
||
| Newton |
30,882 |
6,652 |
8,887 |
46,421 |
||
| N. Reading |
3,644 |
764 |
500 |
4,908 |
||
| Pepperell |
1,600 |
489 |
301 |
2,390 |
||
| Reading |
8,072 |
1,970 |
1,143 |
11,185 |
||
| Sherborn |
1,421 |
342 |
144 |
1,907 |
||
| Shirley |
926 |
293 |
259 |
1,478 |
||
| Somerville |
20,344 |
5,961 |
7,775 |
34,080 |
||
| Stoneham |
6,737 |
1,816 |
1,412 |
9,965 |
||
| Stow |
1,307 |
325 |
171 |
1,803 |
||
| Sudbury |
5,103 |
1,048 |
437 |
6,588 |
||
| Tewksbury |
6,362 |
1,727 |
944 |
9,033 |
||
| Townsend |
1,270 |
361 |
272 |
1,903 |
||
| Tyngsborough |
1,149 |
424 |
299 |
1,872 |
||
| Wakefield |
8,734 |
2,284 |
1,887 |
12,905 |
||
| Waltham |
12,615 |
3,831 |
6,743 |
23,189 |
||
| Watertown |
11,205 |
3,316 |
3,687 |
18,208 |
||
| Wayland |
5,287 |
987 |
463 |
6,737 |
||
| Westford |
3,641 |
979 |
560 |
5,180 |
||
| Weston |
4,699 |
1,031 |
374 |
6,104 |
||
| Wilmington |
4,760 |
1,058 |
1,181 |
6,999 |
||
| Winchester |
7,454 |
2,077 |
1,619 |
11,150 |
||
| Woburn |
9,895 |
2,819 |
3,080 |
15,794 |
||
| County Totals | 416,456 |
104,973 |
106,437 | 598,306 | ||