Summary of Question 3
This proposed law would change the state income tax rate on interest and dividend income, which was 12% as of September 1997, to whatever rate applies to Part B taxable income (such as wages and salaries), which was 5.95% as of September 1997. The change would take effect starting in tax year 2000.
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View Official Source (PDF)1998 - Middlesex County - Question 3Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 1998?
| View as: # | % | Middlesex County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 349,909 |
75,925 |
55,173 | 481,007 | ||
| Acton |
6,411 |
994 |
449 |
7,854 |
||
| Arlington |
13,648 |
3,459 |
1,565 |
18,672 |
||
| Ashby |
699 |
191 |
66 |
956 |
||
| Ashland |
3,417 |
638 |
241 |
4,296 |
||
| Ayer |
1,347 |
269 |
123 |
1,739 |
||
| Bedford |
3,715 |
577 |
885 |
5,177 |
||
| Belmont |
8,255 |
1,640 |
854 |
10,749 |
||
| Billerica |
9,202 |
1,806 |
709 |
11,717 |
||
| Boxborough |
1,417 |
188 |
111 |
1,716 |
||
| Burlington |
6,495 |
1,090 |
510 |
8,095 |
||
| Cambridge |
16,839 |
7,063 |
3,662 |
27,564 |
||
| Carlisle |
1,777 |
217 |
92 |
2,086 |
||
| Chelmsford |
10,508 |
1,689 |
717 |
12,914 |
||
| Concord |
6,001 |
973 |
553 |
7,527 |
||
| Dracut |
6,651 |
1,342 |
680 |
8,673 |
||
| Dunstable |
802 |
113 |
45 |
960 |
||
| Everett |
5,440 |
1,438 |
3,638 |
10,516 |
||
| Framingham |
14,530 |
2,622 |
1,450 |
18,602 |
||
| Groton |
2,608 |
412 |
202 |
3,222 |
||
| Holliston |
4,237 |
746 |
322 |
5,305 |
||
| Hopkinton |
3,763 |
553 |
284 |
4,600 |
||
| Hudson |
5,049 |
991 |
682 |
6,722 |
||
| Lexington |
9,286 |
1,776 |
2,378 |
13,440 |
||
| Lincoln |
2,015 |
361 |
127 |
2,503 |
||
| Littleton |
2,367 |
417 |
200 |
2,984 |
||
| Lowell |
13,942 |
3,058 |
2,140 |
19,140 |
||
| Malden |
9,740 |
2,408 |
1,964 |
14,112 |
||
| Marlborough |
8,565 |
1,462 |
1,104 |
11,131 |
||
| Maynard |
3,003 |
662 |
343 |
4,008 |
||
| Medford |
13,228 |
3,037 |
2,370 |
18,635 |
||
| Melrose |
8,723 |
1,820 |
1,079 |
11,622 |
||
| Natick |
9,042 |
1,792 |
776 |
11,610 |
||
| Newton |
20,653 |
4,868 |
6,385 |
31,906 |
||
| N. Reading |
4,234 |
603 |
379 |
5,216 |
||
| Pepperell |
2,709 |
463 |
217 |
3,389 |
||
| Reading |
7,289 |
1,221 |
633 |
9,143 |
||
| Sherborn |
1,617 |
185 |
130 |
1,932 |
||
| Shirley |
1,397 |
345 |
102 |
1,844 |
||
| Somerville |
12,968 |
5,029 |
2,179 |
20,176 |
||
| Stoneham |
6,381 |
1,129 |
630 |
8,140 |
||
| Stow |
2,073 |
329 |
214 |
2,616 |
||
| Sudbury |
5,453 |
651 |
388 |
6,492 |
||
| Tewksbury |
7,521 |
1,404 |
575 |
9,500 |
||
| Townsend |
1,960 |
406 |
143 |
2,509 |
||
| Tyngsborough |
2,452 |
440 |
207 |
3,099 |
||
| Wakefield |
7,024 |
1,484 |
962 |
9,470 |
||
| Waltham |
9,327 |
2,246 |
3,710 |
15,283 |
||
| Watertown |
8,261 |
2,187 |
1,263 |
11,711 |
||
| Wayland |
4,878 |
720 |
395 |
5,993 |
||
| Westford |
5,696 |
759 |
358 |
6,813 |
||
| Weston |
3,932 |
418 |
277 |
4,627 |
||
| Wilmington |
4,480 |
1,050 |
1,490 |
7,020 |
||
| Winchester |
7,329 |
1,137 |
691 |
9,157 |
||
| Woburn |
7,510 |
1,919 |
2,894 |
12,323 |
||
| County Totals | 349,909 |
75,925 |
55,173 | 481,007 | ||