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Summary of Question 1

The proposed amendment would add a new article to the state Constitution which would prohibit discrimination against handicapped people. It would provide that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual could, on the sole basis of that handicap, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, orsubjected todiscrimination in any program or activity.

1980 - Statewide - Question 1Do 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 the Senate on September 7, 1977, by a vote of 262-1, and on May 28, 1980, by a vote of 192-0?

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County Blanks Total Votes Cast
Barnstable More »
 
47,275
29,138
7,076
83,489
Berkshire More »
 
40,166
18,586
10,224
68,976
Bristol More »
 
107,953
57,163
26,619
191,735
Dukes More »
 
3,467
1,370
625
5,462
Essex More »
 
181,718
88,194
32,779
302,689
Franklin More »
 
19,162
8,601
2,647
30,410
Hampden More »
 
104,830
54,349
23,602
182,781
Hampshire More »
 
37,059
18,520
5,628
61,207
Middlesex More »
 
388,201
192,800
65,995
646,896
Nantucket More »
 
1,785
701
371
2,857
Norfolk More »
 
176,768
103,909
28,963
309,640
Plymouth More »
 
100,928
61,738
13,880
176,546
Suffolk More »
 
115,460
53,642
52,020
221,122
Worcester More »
 
178,999
70,269
33,489
282,757
Totals
1,503,771
758,978
303,918 2,566,667