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1978 - Berkshire District - Question 9Shall 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?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
29,417
10,846
10,666 50,929
Adams
 
2,846
740
921
4,507
Alford
 
74
52
26
152
Becket
 
144
96
48
288
Cheshire
 
721
223
239
1,183
Clarksburg
 
395
100
122
617
Dalton
 
1,632
645
337
2,614
Egremont
 
272
129
41
442
Florida
 
137
43
24
204
Great Barrington
 
1,202
506
515
2,223
Hancock
 
113
54
38
205
Hinsdale
 
293
99
79
471
Lanesborough
 
587
223
207
1,017
Lee
 
976
425
520
1,921
Lenox
 
1,171
515
533
2,219
Monterey
 
165
86
37
288
Mount Washington
 
21
14
14
49
New Ashford
 
36
18
15
69
New Marlborough
 
199
101
52
352
N. Adams
 
3,648
937
1,379
5,964
Otis
 
117
83
68
268
Peru
 
120
46
25
191
Pittsfield
 
10,416
4,220
4,431
19,067
Richmond
 
360
202
82
644
Sandisfield
 
102
38
29
169
Savoy
 
100
22
30
152
Sheffield
 
615
198
130
943
Stockbridge
 
599
265
193
1,057
Tyringham
 
79
37
19
135
Washington
 
116
48
29
193
W. Stockbridge
 
310
131
81
522
Williamstown
 
1,719
491
370
2,580
Windsor
 
132
59
32
223
Totals
29,417
10,846
10,666 50,929