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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 - Bristol County - 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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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
107,953
57,163
26,619 191,735
Acushnet
 
2,676
1,378
470
4,524
Attleboro
 
7,092
4,554
1,114
12,760
Berkley
 
646
351
100
1,097
Dartmouth
 
5,681
3,687
1,356
10,724
Dighton
 
1,374
802
258
2,434
Easton
 
4,417
2,610
502
7,529
Fairhaven
 
4,059
2,556
937
7,552
Fall River
 
18,452
7,608
8,142
34,202
Freetown
 
1,749
1,072
207
3,028
Mansfield
 
3,331
1,758
510
5,599
New Bedford
 
20,592
9,879
5,636
36,107
N. Attleborough
 
4,786
3,073
676
8,535
Norton
 
2,680
1,573
393
4,646
Raynham
 
2,318
1,544
349
4,211
Rehoboth
 
2,069
1,078
263
3,410
Seekonk
 
3,568
1,604
538
5,710
Somerset
 
5,345
2,802
1,202
9,349
Swansea
 
4,193
2,003
760
6,956
Taunton
 
9,274
5,410
2,424
17,108
Westport
 
3,651
1,821
782
6,254
County Totals
107,953
57,163
26,619 191,735