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Summary of Question 3

The proposed amendment would remove the prohibition against paupers from voting.

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1972 - Franklin 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?

City/Town	Yes	No	Blanks	Total Votes Cast
Totals	18,287	5,179	4,970	28,769
Ashfield	471	109	77	657
Bernardston	480	154	123	757
Buckland	549	169	195	913
Charlemont	260	92	75	427
Colrain	393	124	112	629
Conway	371	124	66	561
Deerfield	1,247	393	281	1,921
Erving	394	120	103	617
Gill	405	119	90	614
Greenfield	5,208	1,769	1,628	8,605
Hawley	55	18	21	94
Heath	117	29	28	174
Leverett	483	75	55	613
Leyden	119	48	17	184
Monroe	55	12	30	97
Montague	2,554	785	811	4,150
New Salem	204	48	43	295
Northfield	883	250	152	1,285
Orange	1,602	403	514	2,519
Rowe	100	29	38	167
Shelburne	594	189	171	954
Shutesbury	238	51	32	321
Sunderland	866	181	124	1,171
Warwick	167	48	38	253
Wendell	128	41	46	215
Whately	347	129	100	576
County Totals	18,287	5,179	4,970	28,769

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts