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 - Worcester 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: # | % | Worcester County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 164,427 |
35,364 |
24,123 | 223,914 | ||
| Ashburnham |
1,331 |
299 |
92 |
1,722 |
||
| Athol |
2,203 |
565 |
152 |
2,920 |
||
| Auburn |
5,074 |
1,098 |
329 |
6,501 |
||
| Barre |
1,323 |
314 |
165 |
1,802 |
||
| Berlin |
812 |
149 |
77 |
1,038 |
||
| Blackstone |
1,616 |
392 |
166 |
2,174 |
||
| Bolton |
1,325 |
230 |
108 |
1,663 |
||
| Boylston |
1,335 |
196 |
111 |
1,642 |
||
| Brookfield |
731 |
171 |
77 |
979 |
||
| Charlton |
2,593 |
464 |
243 |
3,300 |
||
| Clinton |
3,082 |
661 |
497 |
4,240 |
||
| Douglas |
1,533 |
326 |
181 |
2,040 |
||
| Dudley |
2,139 |
429 |
246 |
2,814 |
||
| E. Brookfield |
503 |
98 |
75 |
676 |
||
| Fitchburg |
6,353 |
1,919 |
1,072 |
9,344 |
||
| Gardner |
3,871 |
984 |
466 |
5,321 |
||
| Grafton |
4,062 |
747 |
397 |
5,206 |
||
| Hardwick |
609 |
180 |
95 |
884 |
||
| Harvard |
1,894 |
240 |
139 |
2,273 |
||
| Holden |
4,347 |
806 |
1,450 |
6,603 |
||
| Hopedale |
1,579 |
315 |
195 |
2,089 |
||
| Hubbardston |
915 |
190 |
93 |
1,198 |
||
| Lancaster |
1,637 |
330 |
155 |
2,122 |
||
| Leicester |
2,773 |
565 |
288 |
3,626 |
||
| Leominster |
8,331 |
2,136 |
1,042 |
11,509 |
||
| Lunenburg |
2,408 |
541 |
210 |
3,159 |
||
| Mendon |
1,281 |
280 |
130 |
1,691 |
||
| Milford |
5,276 |
1,102 |
960 |
7,338 |
||
| Millbury |
3,411 |
712 |
428 |
4,551 |
||
| Millville |
485 |
141 |
84 |
710 |
||
| New Braintree |
236 |
68 |
23 |
327 |
||
| N. Brookfield |
1,116 |
271 |
164 |
1,551 |
||
| Northborough |
4,253 |
661 |
321 |
5,235 |
||
| Northbridge |
2,680 |
677 |
825 |
4,182 |
||
| Oakham |
464 |
116 |
37 |
617 |
||
| Oxford |
2,520 |
629 |
793 |
3,942 |
||
| Paxton |
1,382 |
216 |
127 |
1,725 |
||
| Petersham |
388 |
109 |
44 |
541 |
||
| Phillipston |
341 |
73 |
32 |
446 |
||
| Princeton |
1,100 |
178 |
107 |
1,385 |
||
| Royalston |
239 |
71 |
24 |
334 |
||
| Rutland |
1,475 |
299 |
142 |
1,916 |
||
| Shrewsbury |
9,029 |
1,537 |
1,092 |
11,658 |
||
| Southborough |
2,744 |
378 |
202 |
3,324 |
||
| Southbridge |
2,610 |
651 |
1,329 |
4,590 |
||
| Spencer |
2,480 |
533 |
310 |
3,323 |
||
| Sterling |
2,195 |
338 |
150 |
2,683 |
||
| Sturbridge |
1,831 |
424 |
554 |
2,809 |
||
| Sutton |
2,335 |
403 |
244 |
2,982 |
||
| Templeton |
1,400 |
377 |
151 |
1,928 |
||
| Upton |
1,819 |
342 |
193 |
2,354 |
||
| Uxbridge |
2,543 |
531 |
314 |
3,388 |
||
| Warren |
950 |
297 |
193 |
1,440 |
||
| Webster |
3,026 |
634 |
476 |
4,136 |
||
| W. Boylston |
2,127 |
347 |
210 |
2,684 |
||
| W. Brookfield |
881 |
205 |
144 |
1,230 |
||
| Westborough |
4,649 |
687 |
375 |
5,711 |
||
| Westminster |
1,896 |
392 |
149 |
2,437 |
||
| Winchendon |
1,499 |
359 |
131 |
1,989 |
||
| Worcester |
29,387 |
6,981 |
5,544 |
41,912 |
||
| County Totals | 164,427 |
35,364 |
24,123 | 223,914 | ||