Download this Ballot Question1978 - Franklin and Hampshire District - Question 8Shall the Senator from this District be instructed to vote to approve the passage of a bill requiring the reduction and limitation of local property taxes by substituting revenue from state taxes, and providing that all state and local taxes combined shall not take a larger percentage of the total personal income in Massachusetts than the average percentage taken in the three year period immediately preceding approval?
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22,773 |
10,954 |
9,323 | 43,050 | ||
| Amherst |
3,180 |
1,762 |
1,777 |
6,719 |
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| Ashfield |
270 |
156 |
108 |
534 |
||
| Buckland |
394 |
152 |
157 |
703 |
||
| Charlemont |
215 |
66 |
76 |
357 |
||
| Colrain |
324 |
131 |
144 |
599 |
||
| Conway |
292 |
111 |
94 |
497 |
||
| Deerfield |
957 |
407 |
303 |
1,667 |
||
| Easthampton |
3,482 |
1,167 |
1,377 |
6,026 |
||
| Granby |
1,020 |
347 |
318 |
1,685 |
||
| Greenfield |
2,677 |
2,819 |
1,214 |
6,710 |
||
| Hadley |
993 |
387 |
487 |
1,867 |
||
| Hatfield |
721 |
297 |
268 |
1,286 |
||
| Hawley |
40 |
22 |
24 |
86 |
||
| Heath |
95 |
32 |
27 |
154 |
||
| Leverett |
311 |
125 |
83 |
519 |
||
| Leyden |
102 |
36 |
40 |
178 |
||
| Monroe |
35 |
14 |
16 |
65 |
||
| Montague |
1,838 |
718 |
738 |
3,294 |
||
| Pelham |
241 |
119 |
87 |
447 |
||
| Rowe |
61 |
61 |
25 |
147 |
||
| Shelburne |
386 |
127 |
178 |
691 |
||
| Shutesbury |
183 |
70 |
71 |
324 |
||
| S. Hadley |
3,749 |
1,318 |
1,308 |
6,375 |
||
| Sunderland |
416 |
173 |
150 |
739 |
||
| Whately |
287 |
132 |
102 |
521 |
||
| Williamsburg |
504 |
205 |
151 |
860 |
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| Totals | 22,773 |
10,954 |
9,323 | 43,050 | ||