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Summary of Question 1

The proposed amendment would add a new article to the state Constitution which would prohibit discrimination against handicapped people. It would provide that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual could, on the sole basis of that handicap, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, orsubjected todiscrimination in any program or activity.

1980 - Barnstable County - Question 1Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of. Representatives and the Senate on September 7, 1977, by a vote of 262-1, and on May 28, 1980, by a vote of 192-0?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Barnstable
 
9,774
5,512
1,356
16,642
Bourne
 
2,958
2,238
769
5,965
Brewster
 
1,746
1,171
206
3,123
Chatham
 
2,215
1,562
303
4,080
Dennis
 
4,136
2,777
697
7,610
Eastham
 
1,233
858
122
2,213
Falmouth
 
7,599
3,856
1,110
12,565
Harwich
 
3,216
2,133
366
5,715
Mashpee
 
1,202
596
204
2,002
Orleans
 
1,691
1,511
276
3,478
Provincetown
 
1,263
451
239
1,953
Sandwich
 
2,580
1,984
308
4,872
Truro
 
521
249
79
849
Wellfleet
 
834
450
114
1,398
Yarmouth
 
6,307
3,790
927
11,024
County Totals
47,275
29,138
7,076 83,489