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.
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View Official Source (PDF)1980 - Middlesex 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?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 388,201 |
192,800 |
65,995 | 646,896 | ||
| Acton |
5,461 |
2,945 |
394 |
8,800 |
||
| Arlington |
17,268 |
7,637 |
2,316 |
27,221 |
||
| Ashby |
699 |
344 |
79 |
1,122 |
||
| Ashland |
2,326 |
1,918 |
174 |
4,418 |
||
| Ayer |
1,470 |
534 |
239 |
2,243 |
||
| Bedford |
3,571 |
1,922 |
522 |
6,015 |
||
| Belmont |
9,126 |
5,237 |
1,326 |
15,689 |
||
| Billerica |
9,566 |
4,290 |
800 |
14,556 |
||
| Boxborough |
764 |
524 |
56 |
1,344 |
||
| Burlington |
6,696 |
3,723 |
934 |
11,353 |
||
| Cambridge |
27,618 |
8,549 |
4,404 |
40,571 |
||
| Carlisle |
1,196 |
658 |
91 |
1,945 |
||
| Chelmsford |
10,215 |
4,685 |
1,020 |
15,920 |
||
| Concord |
4,973 |
3,281 |
651 |
8,905 |
||
| Dracut |
6,394 |
2,756 |
1,058 |
10,208 |
||
| Dunstable |
483 |
234 |
70 |
787 |
||
| Everett |
8,725 |
4,126 |
4,156 |
17,007 |
||
| Framingham |
16,316 |
11,155 |
2,259 |
29,730 |
||
| Groton |
1,886 |
830 |
233 |
2,949 |
||
| Holliston |
3,420 |
2,552 |
327 |
6,299 |
||
| Hopkinton |
2,014 |
1,337 |
207 |
3,558 |
||
| Hudson |
4,081 |
2,290 |
580 |
6,951 |
||
| Lexington |
10,001 |
5,947 |
1,609 |
17,557 |
||
| Lincoln |
1,800 |
1,067 |
167 |
3,034 |
||
| Littleton |
2,194 |
1,005 |
217 |
3,416 |
||
| Lowell |
21,166 |
8,874 |
4,047 |
34,087 |
||
| Malden |
14,461 |
6,310 |
3,452 |
24,223 |
||
| Marlborough |
8,100 |
4,335 |
1,131 |
13,566 |
||
| Maynard |
2,693 |
1,665 |
425 |
4,783 |
||
| Medford |
17,157 |
7,073 |
3,933 |
28,163 |
||
| Melrose |
9,022 |
4,759 |
1,629 |
15,410 |
||
| Natick |
8,147 |
5,880 |
1,220 |
15,247 |
||
| Newton |
26,764 |
12,468 |
5,239 |
44,471 |
||
| N. Reading |
3,788 |
1,611 |
329 |
5,728 |
||
| Pepperell |
2,165 |
932 |
213 |
3,310 |
||
| Reading |
7,477 |
4,236 |
705 |
12,418 |
||
| Sherborn |
1,169 |
1,039 |
109 |
2,317 |
||
| Shirley |
1,076 |
440 |
137 |
1,653 |
||
| Somerville |
20,222 |
6,848 |
4,656 |
31,726 |
||
| Stoneham |
6,711 |
3,067 |
809 |
10,587 |
||
| Stow |
1,425 |
997 |
149 |
2,571 |
||
| Sudbury |
4,178 |
3,042 |
434 |
7,654 |
||
| Tewksbury |
6,863 |
2,986 |
636 |
10,485 |
||
| Townsend |
1,919 |
851 |
174 |
2,944 |
||
| Tyngsborough |
1,562 |
713 |
210 |
2,485 |
||
| Wakefield |
8,308 |
3,823 |
1,077 |
13,208 |
||
| Waltham |
12,162 |
7,119 |
4,185 |
23,466 |
||
| Watertown |
11,106 |
4,562 |
1,958 |
17,626 |
||
| Wayland |
4,201 |
2,616 |
405 |
7,222 |
||
| Westford |
4,183 |
1,892 |
444 |
6,519 |
||
| Weston |
3,742 |
2,384 |
330 |
6,456 |
||
| Wilmington |
4,541 |
2,709 |
846 |
8,096 |
||
| Winchester |
6,049 |
4,445 |
997 |
11,491 |
||
| Woburn |
9,581 |
5,578 |
2,227 |
17,386 |
||
| County Totals | 388,201 |
192,800 |
65,995 | 646,896 | ||