Summary of Question 7
The proposed amendment would require that all judges must retire upon reaching seventy years of age.
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View Official Source (PDF)1972 - Middlesex County - Question 7Do 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 198 votes in the affirmative and 63 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1971, received 231 votes in the affirmative and 81 in the negative?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 413,406 |
138,319 |
76,671 | 628,396 | ||
| Acton |
5,737 |
1,672 |
304 |
7,713 |
||
| Arlington |
19,252 |
6,644 |
2,318 |
28,214 |
||
| Ashby |
683 |
206 |
78 |
967 |
||
| Ashland |
2,886 |
841 |
270 |
3,997 |
||
| Ayer |
1,298 |
435 |
179 |
1,912 |
||
| Bedford |
4,214 |
1,288 |
257 |
5,759 |
||
| Belmont |
10,094 |
4,351 |
1,474 |
15,919 |
||
| Billerica |
8,855 |
2,374 |
786 |
12,015 |
||
| Boxborough |
588 |
178 |
28 |
794 |
||
| Burlington |
6,489 |
1,954 |
1,074 |
9,517 |
||
| Cambridge |
27,788 |
8,499 |
5,398 |
41,685 |
||
| Carlisle |
1,038 |
386 |
72 |
1,496 |
||
| Chelmsford |
10,678 |
2,957 |
772 |
14,407 |
||
| Concord |
5,765 |
1,760 |
702 |
8,227 |
||
| Dracut |
6,139 |
1,626 |
1,083 |
8,848 |
||
| Dunstable |
393 |
175 |
50 |
618 |
||
| Everett |
9,308 |
3,567 |
5,394 |
18,269 |
||
| Framingham |
20,705 |
6,157 |
2,222 |
29,084 |
||
| Groton |
1,697 |
529 |
185 |
2,411 |
||
| Holliston |
4,013 |
1,106 |
278 |
5,397 |
||
| Hopkinton |
2,013 |
553 |
239 |
2,805 |
||
| Hudson |
3,980 |
1,600 |
676 |
6,256 |
||
| Lexington |
11,085 |
3,522 |
1,632 |
16,239 |
||
| Lincoln |
1,963 |
637 |
128 |
2,728 |
||
| Littleton |
1,988 |
723 |
150 |
2,861 |
||
| Lowell |
26,295 |
7,582 |
5,977 |
39,854 |
||
| Malden |
13,607 |
5,955 |
4,540 |
24,102 |
||
| Marlborough |
8,382 |
2,541 |
1,474 |
12,397 |
||
| Maynard |
2,936 |
865 |
466 |
4,267 |
||
| Medford |
18,716 |
6,797 |
4,155 |
29,668 |
||
| Melrose |
9,561 |
4,162 |
2,140 |
15,863 |
||
| Natick |
9,881 |
3,046 |
1,381 |
14,308 |
||
| Newton |
28,006 |
11,861 |
6,554 |
46,421 |
||
| N. Reading |
3,499 |
1,100 |
309 |
4,908 |
||
| Pepperell |
1,675 |
516 |
199 |
2,390 |
||
| Reading |
7,884 |
2,628 |
673 |
11,185 |
||
| Sherborn |
1,411 |
399 |
97 |
1,907 |
||
| Shirley |
964 |
296 |
218 |
1,478 |
||
| Somerville |
21,919 |
6,765 |
5,396 |
34,080 |
||
| Stoneham |
6,860 |
2,216 |
889 |
9,965 |
||
| Stow |
1,319 |
393 |
91 |
1,803 |
||
| Sudbury |
4,766 |
1,474 |
348 |
6,588 |
||
| Tewksbury |
6,527 |
1,945 |
561 |
9,033 |
||
| Townsend |
1,356 |
383 |
164 |
1,903 |
||
| Tyngsborough |
1,289 |
373 |
210 |
1,872 |
||
| Wakefield |
8,479 |
3,237 |
1,189 |
12,905 |
||
| Waltham |
12,395 |
5,060 |
5,734 |
23,189 |
||
| Watertown |
11,851 |
3,759 |
2,598 |
18,208 |
||
| Wayland |
4,931 |
1,492 |
314 |
6,737 |
||
| Westford |
3,753 |
1,060 |
367 |
5,180 |
||
| Weston |
4,234 |
1,602 |
268 |
6,104 |
||
| Wilmington |
4,631 |
1,486 |
882 |
6,999 |
||
| Winchester |
7,319 |
2,568 |
1,263 |
11,150 |
||
| Woburn |
10,311 |
3,018 |
2,465 |
15,794 |
||
| County Totals | 413,406 |
138,319 |
76,671 | 628,396 | ||