Summary of Question 5
The proposed constitutional amendment would allow a local charter commission 18 months after its election to prepare a charter or charter revision for submission to the voters of a city or town. Presently, the constitution provides that the charter or charter revision be prepared within 10 months of the election of the charter commission.
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View Official Source (PDF)1978 - Middlesex County - Question 5Do 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 26, 1976, by a vote of 260-1, and on August 10, 1977, by a vote of 255-0?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 216,508 |
196,242 |
105,651 | 518,401 | ||
| Acton |
2,785 |
3,023 |
697 |
6,505 |
||
| Arlington |
8,518 |
10,585 |
3,911 |
23,014 |
||
| Ashby |
319 |
355 |
99 |
773 |
||
| Ashland |
1,275 |
1,520 |
470 |
3,265 |
||
| Ayer |
714 |
609 |
305 |
1,628 |
||
| Bedford |
2,147 |
1,962 |
785 |
4,894 |
||
| Belmont |
5,357 |
5,187 |
2,949 |
13,493 |
||
| Billerica |
4,403 |
5,128 |
1,514 |
11,045 |
||
| Boxborough |
334 |
403 |
112 |
849 |
||
| Burlington |
3,071 |
4,227 |
1,124 |
8,422 |
||
| Cambridge |
14,420 |
9,541 |
7,853 |
31,814 |
||
| Carlisle |
609 |
726 |
186 |
1,521 |
||
| Chelmsford |
5,129 |
5,627 |
1,536 |
12,292 |
||
| Concord |
3,356 |
2,520 |
1,268 |
7,144 |
||
| Dracut |
3,516 |
3,188 |
1,705 |
8,409 |
||
| Dunstable |
218 |
262 |
98 |
578 |
||
| Everett |
5,697 |
4,298 |
6,189 |
16,184 |
||
| Framingham |
10,556 |
8,438 |
3,430 |
22,424 |
||
| Groton |
888 |
899 |
305 |
2,092 |
||
| Holliston |
2,018 |
2,072 |
693 |
4,783 |
||
| Hopkinton |
1,055 |
1,130 |
394 |
2,579 |
||
| Hudson |
2,027 |
1,968 |
776 |
4,771 |
||
| Lexington |
6,697 |
5,084 |
2,699 |
14,480 |
||
| Lincoln |
1,114 |
887 |
433 |
2,434 |
||
| Littleton |
1,030 |
1,123 |
355 |
2,508 |
||
| Lowell |
18,649 |
5,407 |
5,734 |
29,790 |
||
| Malden |
7,205 |
7,144 |
6,172 |
20,521 |
||
| Marlborough |
4,081 |
3,752 |
2,091 |
9,924 |
||
| Maynard |
1,399 |
1,401 |
701 |
3,501 |
||
| Medford |
9,703 |
8,679 |
5,906 |
24,288 |
||
| Melrose |
4,228 |
5,650 |
2,511 |
12,389 |
||
| Natick |
4,524 |
4,803 |
2,003 |
11,330 |
||
| Newton |
15,304 |
13,410 |
8,577 |
37,291 |
||
| N. Reading |
1,886 |
1,983 |
545 |
4,414 |
||
| Pepperell |
829 |
1,114 |
343 |
2,286 |
||
| Reading |
4,141 |
4,384 |
1,364 |
9,889 |
||
| Sherborn |
813 |
847 |
213 |
1,873 |
||
| Shirley |
425 |
517 |
191 |
1,133 |
||
| Somerville |
10,784 |
7,975 |
6,636 |
25,395 |
||
| Stoneham |
3,200 |
3,523 |
1,558 |
8,281 |
||
| Stow |
688 |
945 |
217 |
1,850 |
||
| Sudbury |
2,463 |
2,805 |
701 |
5,969 |
||
| Tewksbury |
3,188 |
4,014 |
1,087 |
8,289 |
||
| Townsend |
700 |
870 |
268 |
1,838 |
||
| Tyngsborough |
700 |
786 |
295 |
1,781 |
||
| Wakefield |
4,309 |
4,474 |
2,049 |
10,832 |
||
| Waltham |
5,794 |
6,921 |
4,914 |
17,629 |
||
| Watertown |
6,164 |
4,940 |
3,613 |
14,717 |
||
| Wayland |
2,740 |
2,365 |
704 |
5,809 |
||
| Westford |
2,102 |
2,280 |
784 |
5,166 |
||
| Weston |
2,348 |
2,111 |
816 |
5,275 |
||
| Wilmington |
2,137 |
2,813 |
1,193 |
6,143 |
||
| Winchester |
3,311 |
4,298 |
1,534 |
9,143 |
||
| Woburn |
5,440 |
5,269 |
3,045 |
13,754 |
||
| County Totals | 216,508 |
196,242 |
105,651 | 518,401 | ||