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 - Worcester 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: # | % | Worcester County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 191,286 |
45,452 |
40,700 | 277,438 | ||
| Ashburnham |
1,164 |
311 |
151 |
1,626 |
||
| Athol |
3,173 |
1,036 |
610 |
4,819 |
||
| Auburn |
5,820 |
1,110 |
776 |
7,706 |
||
| Barre |
1,216 |
355 |
346 |
1,917 |
||
| Berlin |
660 |
213 |
80 |
953 |
||
| Blackstone |
1,823 |
499 |
440 |
2,762 |
||
| Bolton |
728 |
248 |
67 |
1,043 |
||
| Boylston |
1,085 |
208 |
99 |
1,392 |
||
| Brookfield |
660 |
179 |
134 |
973 |
||
| Charlton |
1,327 |
346 |
229 |
1,902 |
||
| Clinton |
3,849 |
1,205 |
1,059 |
6,113 |
||
| Douglas |
998 |
300 |
261 |
1,559 |
||
| Dudley |
2,378 |
527 |
603 |
3,508 |
||
| E. Brookfield |
539 |
158 |
128 |
825 |
||
| Fitchburg |
12,658 |
2,817 |
2,719 |
18,194 |
||
| Gardner |
5,871 |
1,420 |
1,506 |
8,797 |
||
| Grafton |
3,435 |
732 |
637 |
4,804 |
||
| Hardwick |
661 |
222 |
184 |
1,067 |
||
| Harvard |
1,192 |
451 |
84 |
1,727 |
||
| Holden |
4,823 |
1,014 |
690 |
6,527 |
||
| Hopedale |
1,494 |
367 |
308 |
2,169 |
||
| Hubbardston |
455 |
145 |
67 |
667 |
||
| Lancaster |
1,474 |
547 |
258 |
2,279 |
||
| Leicester |
2,867 |
587 |
443 |
3,897 |
||
| Leominster |
10,056 |
2,475 |
2,047 |
14,578 |
||
| Lunenburg |
2,779 |
576 |
307 |
3,662 |
||
| Mendon |
821 |
263 |
156 |
1,240 |
||
| Milford |
6,069 |
1,587 |
1,866 |
9,522 |
||
| Millbury |
3,686 |
736 |
814 |
5,236 |
||
| Millville |
567 |
112 |
152 |
831 |
||
| New Braintree |
170 |
78 |
36 |
284 |
||
| N. Brookfield |
1,326 |
350 |
318 |
1,994 |
||
| Northborough |
3,311 |
741 |
250 |
4,302 |
||
| Northbridge |
3,404 |
918 |
829 |
5,151 |
||
| Oakham |
296 |
90 |
43 |
429 |
||
| Oxford |
2,211 |
487 |
817 |
3,515 |
||
| Paxton |
1,335 |
305 |
112 |
1,752 |
||
| Petersham |
388 |
137 |
48 |
573 |
||
| Phillipston |
250 |
93 |
30 |
373 |
||
| Princeton |
632 |
182 |
67 |
881 |
||
| Royalston |
235 |
85 |
40 |
360 |
||
| Rutland |
1,107 |
226 |
95 |
1,428 |
||
| Shrewsbury |
7,443 |
1,315 |
871 |
9,629 |
||
| Southborough |
2,008 |
590 |
181 |
2,779 |
||
| Southbridge |
3,518 |
971 |
2,586 |
7,075 |
||
| Spencer |
2,844 |
676 |
615 |
4,135 |
||
| Sterling |
1,469 |
392 |
167 |
2,028 |
||
| Sturbridge |
1,369 |
333 |
572 |
2,274 |
||
| Sutton |
1,493 |
331 |
262 |
2,086 |
||
| Templeton |
1,639 |
385 |
237 |
2,261 |
||
| Upton |
1,119 |
285 |
240 |
1,644 |
||
| Uxbridge |
2,604 |
665 |
693 |
3,962 |
||
| Warren |
1,150 |
312 |
348 |
1,810 |
||
| Webster |
4,194 |
1,062 |
1,530 |
6,786 |
||
| W. Boylston |
2,531 |
486 |
203 |
3,220 |
||
| W. Brookfield |
882 |
254 |
171 |
1,307 |
||
| Westborough |
4,291 |
1,001 |
337 |
5,629 |
||
| Westminster |
1,630 |
378 |
177 |
2,185 |
||
| Winchendon |
1,795 |
502 |
298 |
2,595 |
||
| Worcester |
50,314 |
11,076 |
11,306 |
72,696 |
||
| County Totals | 191,286 |
45,452 |
40,700 | 277,438 | ||