1978 - 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk 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?
City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
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Brookline |
4,119 |
1,129 |
2,319 |
7,567 |
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Newton |
7,697 |
2,392 |
4,008 |
14,097 |
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Totals | 11,816 |
3,521 |
6,327 | 21,664 |