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Summary of Question 2

The proposed amendment would authorize the Legislature to substitute for the present system of flat or uniform personal income tax rates a system of rates graduated according to the total amount of income received. The Legislature would also be authorized to provide for reasonable exemptions, deductions, credits, and abatements and could base Massachusetts income tax provisions on provisions of Federal income tax law.

1976 - Statewide - Question 2Do 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 Senate on August 15, 1973, by a vote of 199-66, and on May 7, 1975, by a vote of 228-41?

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County Blanks Total Votes Cast
Barnstable More »
 
22,799
46,805
4,709
74,313
Berkshire More »
 
20,185
42,938
6,806
69,929
Bristol More »
 
45,504
126,870
22,831
195,205
Dukes More »
 
2,445
2,256
521
5,222
Essex More »
 
67,832
216,704
23,128
307,664
Franklin More »
 
10,768
18,913
1,988
31,669
Hampden More »
 
49,911
123,887
14,622
188,420
Hampshire More »
 
21,805
35,561
3,599
60,965
Middlesex More »
 
163,428
447,562
43,566
654,556
Nantucket More »
 
1,087
1,288
288
2,663
Norfolk More »
 
71,324
218,976
17,588
307,889
Plymouth More »
 
38,301
119,386
9,899
167,836
Suffolk More »
 
64,274
135,114
39,126
238,514
Worcester More »
 
65,520
201,042
22,855
289,417
Totals
645,483
1,787,302
211,477 2,594,262