Download this Ballot Question1978 - 1st Essex and Middlesex District - Question 8Shall the Senator from this District be instructed to vote to approve the passage of a bill requiring the reduction and limitation of local property taxes by substituting revenue from state taxes, and providing that all state and local taxes combined shall not take a larger percentage of the total personal income in Massachusetts than the average percentage taken in the three year period immediately preceding approval?
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover |
2,794 |
613 |
675 |
4,082 |
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| Essex |
744 |
221 |
276 |
1,241 |
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| Hamilton |
1,813 |
536 |
618 |
2,967 |
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| Ipswich |
2,896 |
784 |
1,176 |
4,856 |
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| Manchester-by-the-Sea |
1,708 |
457 |
473 |
2,638 |
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| Middleton |
908 |
301 |
315 |
1,524 |
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| N. Reading |
3,020 |
665 |
729 |
4,414 |
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| Reading |
4,337 |
1,003 |
1,067 |
6,407 |
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| Rockport |
1,777 |
501 |
767 |
3,045 |
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| Topsfield |
1,754 |
465 |
402 |
2,621 |
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| Wenham |
1,099 |
275 |
310 |
1,684 |
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| Totals | 22,850 |
5,821 |
6,808 | 35,479 | ||