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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 - Norfolk 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
176,768
103,909
28,963 309,640
Avon
 
1,459
888
198
2,545
Bellingham
 
3,722
1,743
657
6,122
Braintree
 
10,351
7,107
1,325
18,783
Brookline
 
16,643
6,920
4,619
28,182
Canton
 
5,494
3,252
850
9,596
Cohasset
 
2,393
1,593
265
4,251
Dedham
 
8,336
4,386
1,198
13,920
Dover
 
1,526
1,153
179
2,858
Foxborough
 
3,894
2,258
384
6,536
Franklin
 
4,835
2,374
626
7,835
Holbrook
 
2,884
1,809
628
5,321
Medfield
 
3,014
1,997
368
5,379
Medway
 
2,337
1,379
346
4,062
Millis
 
1,994
1,177
211
3,382
Milton
 
8,470
5,893
1,254
15,617
Needham
 
9,246
6,446
989
16,681
Norfolk
 
1,505
989
151
2,645
Norwood
 
9,165
4,699
1,225
15,089
Plainville
 
1,474
944
199
2,617
Quincy
 
22,415
14,962
5,068
42,445
Randolph
 
8,287
4,292
1,941
14,520
Sharon
 
5,048
2,116
473
7,637
Stoughton
 
6,333
4,281
1,313
11,927
Walpole
 
5,829
2,905
764
9,498
Wellesley
 
8,815
4,985
929
14,729
Westwood
 
4,504
2,631
541
7,676
Weymouth
 
14,993
9,613
2,053
26,659
Wrentham
 
1,802
1,117
209
3,128
County Totals
176,768
103,909
28,963 309,640