Download this Ballot Question1978 - Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin 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 | 21,910 |
6,696 |
7,666 | 36,272 | ||
| Athol |
2,371 |
541 |
778 |
3,690 |
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| Barre |
873 |
280 |
368 |
1,521 |
||
| Belchertown |
1,264 |
404 |
356 |
2,024 |
||
| Bernardston |
363 |
157 |
132 |
652 |
||
| Brookfield |
458 |
128 |
169 |
755 |
||
| E. Brookfield |
443 |
115 |
148 |
706 |
||
| Erving |
292 |
134 |
92 |
518 |
||
| Gill |
262 |
130 |
95 |
487 |
||
| Hardwick |
420 |
181 |
196 |
797 |
||
| Hubbardston |
404 |
119 |
121 |
644 |
||
| New Braintree |
137 |
43 |
62 |
242 |
||
| N. Brookfield |
926 |
264 |
375 |
1,565 |
||
| Northfield |
527 |
251 |
164 |
942 |
||
| Oakham |
278 |
68 |
60 |
406 |
||
| Orange |
1,202 |
289 |
375 |
1,866 |
||
| Paxton |
1,064 |
243 |
247 |
1,554 |
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| Petersham |
314 |
81 |
80 |
475 |
||
| Phillipston |
204 |
61 |
50 |
315 |
||
| Royalston |
186 |
58 |
59 |
303 |
||
| Rutland |
996 |
252 |
241 |
1,489 |
||
| Spencer |
2,345 |
518 |
845 |
3,708 |
||
| Sturbridge |
1,019 |
382 |
619 |
2,020 |
||
| Templeton |
977 |
503 |
332 |
1,812 |
||
| Ware |
1,884 |
616 |
781 |
3,281 |
||
| Warren |
672 |
261 |
309 |
1,242 |
||
| Warwick |
120 |
58 |
48 |
226 |
||
| Wendell |
148 |
33 |
45 |
226 |
||
| W. Brookfield |
641 |
179 |
183 |
1,003 |
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| Winchendon |
1,120 |
347 |
336 |
1,803 |
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| Totals | 21,910 |
6,696 |
7,666 | 36,272 | ||