Summary of Question 1
1978-1979 Ballot Questions
The proposed constitutional amendment would permit the legislature to establish as many as four different classes of real property for tax purposes. Property in any one class would be required to be assessed, rated and taxed proportionately but property in different classes could be assessed, rated and taxed differently. The legislature could grant reasonable exemptions. The constitution presently requires all property (other than wild lands, forest lands and certain agricultural and horticultural lands) to be assessed and rated equally at full value for tax purposes.
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View Official Source (PDF)1978 - 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 Senate on May 28, 1975, by a vote of 220-53, and on September 7, 1977, by a vote of 243-20?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 345,436 |
149,491 |
23,474 | 518,401 | ||
| Acton |
3,093 |
3,276 |
136 |
6,505 |
||
| Arlington |
13,691 |
8,419 |
904 |
23,014 |
||
| Ashby |
342 |
393 |
38 |
773 |
||
| Ashland |
1,430 |
1,766 |
69 |
3,265 |
||
| Ayer |
1,139 |
419 |
70 |
1,628 |
||
| Bedford |
2,980 |
1,669 |
245 |
4,894 |
||
| Belmont |
7,596 |
5,282 |
615 |
13,493 |
||
| Billerica |
8,469 |
2,359 |
217 |
11,045 |
||
| Boxborough |
492 |
337 |
20 |
849 |
||
| Burlington |
5,896 |
2,271 |
255 |
8,422 |
||
| Cambridge |
26,373 |
3,881 |
1,560 |
31,814 |
||
| Carlisle |
592 |
905 |
24 |
1,521 |
||
| Chelmsford |
5,852 |
6,157 |
283 |
12,292 |
||
| Concord |
3,487 |
3,277 |
380 |
7,144 |
||
| Dracut |
6,587 |
1,545 |
277 |
8,409 |
||
| Dunstable |
325 |
238 |
15 |
578 |
||
| Everett |
13,987 |
645 |
1,552 |
16,184 |
||
| Framingham |
13,037 |
8,732 |
655 |
22,424 |
||
| Groton |
927 |
1,109 |
56 |
2,092 |
||
| Holliston |
1,910 |
2,761 |
112 |
4,783 |
||
| Hopkinton |
1,006 |
1,519 |
54 |
2,579 |
||
| Hudson |
2,632 |
2,009 |
130 |
4,771 |
||
| Lexington |
8,924 |
4,857 |
699 |
14,480 |
||
| Lincoln |
1,229 |
1,120 |
85 |
2,434 |
||
| Littleton |
1,355 |
1,099 |
54 |
2,508 |
||
| Lowell |
24,383 |
3,764 |
1,643 |
29,790 |
||
| Malden |
17,079 |
2,197 |
1,245 |
20,521 |
||
| Marlborough |
7,432 |
2,184 |
308 |
9,924 |
||
| Maynard |
2,183 |
1,217 |
101 |
3,501 |
||
| Medford |
19,653 |
3,477 |
1,158 |
24,288 |
||
| Melrose |
6,711 |
5,001 |
677 |
12,389 |
||
| Natick |
6,784 |
4,092 |
454 |
11,330 |
||
| Newton |
27,118 |
8,095 |
2,078 |
37,291 |
||
| N. Reading |
2,236 |
2,080 |
98 |
4,414 |
||
| Pepperell |
946 |
1,264 |
76 |
2,286 |
||
| Reading |
5,018 |
4,635 |
236 |
9,889 |
||
| Sherborn |
527 |
1,314 |
32 |
1,873 |
||
| Shirley |
663 |
415 |
55 |
1,133 |
||
| Somerville |
21,245 |
2,825 |
1,325 |
25,395 |
||
| Stoneham |
4,845 |
3,125 |
311 |
8,281 |
||
| Stow |
654 |
1,162 |
34 |
1,850 |
||
| Sudbury |
2,164 |
3,623 |
182 |
5,969 |
||
| Tewksbury |
4,811 |
3,272 |
206 |
8,289 |
||
| Townsend |
879 |
882 |
77 |
1,838 |
||
| Tyngsborough |
996 |
702 |
83 |
1,781 |
||
| Wakefield |
8,149 |
2,394 |
289 |
10,832 |
||
| Waltham |
10,261 |
5,683 |
1,685 |
17,629 |
||
| Watertown |
12,005 |
2,012 |
700 |
14,717 |
||
| Wayland |
2,558 |
3,125 |
126 |
5,809 |
||
| Westford |
3,080 |
1,966 |
120 |
5,166 |
||
| Weston |
2,237 |
2,872 |
166 |
5,275 |
||
| Wilmington |
3,936 |
1,906 |
301 |
6,143 |
||
| Winchester |
4,468 |
4,295 |
380 |
9,143 |
||
| Woburn |
9,064 |
3,867 |
823 |
13,754 |
||
| County Totals | 345,436 |
149,491 |
23,474 | 518,401 | ||