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Summary of Question 5

The proposed amendment would limit the power of the legislature to impose certain costs on cities and towns. It would provide that any law which imposes additional costs upon two or more cities or towns by regulating the compensation, hours, status, conditions, or benefits of municipal employment would not be effective within a municipality until it accepts the law by vote or appropriation of money. Local acceptance would not be required if the legislature either passed the law by a two-thirds vote, or provided, during the same session in which the law was enacted, that the additional costs would be assumed by the Commonwealth.

1980 - Statewide - Question 5Do 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 November 30, 1977, by a vote of 257-8, and on September 18, 1980, by a vote of 179-6?

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County Blanks Total Votes Cast
Barnstable More »
 
45,726
21,668
11,223
78,617
Berkshire More »
 
34,632
21,193
13,151
68,976
Bristol More »
 
84,827
60,082
34,066
178,975
Dukes More »
 
2,932
1,323
792
5,047
Essex More »
 
168,274
78,237
46,162
292,673
Franklin More »
 
18,186
8,404
3,820
30,410
Hampden More »
 
99,890
51,485
31,406
182,781
Hampshire More »
 
35,759
16,744
8,704
61,207
Middlesex More »
 
367,210
176,732
103,054
646,996
Nantucket More »
 
1,499
837
521
2,857
Norfolk More »
 
176,908
88,393
44,339
309,640
Plymouth More »
 
103,423
51,008
22,115
176,546
Suffolk More »
 
88,553
60,679
71,890
221,122
Worcester More »
 
157,085
77,545
47,275
281,905
Totals
1,401,897
722,425
442,345 2,566,667