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Summary of Question 1

This proposed constitutional amendment would require that new district boundaries for state representatives, state senators, and governor's councillors, which are redrawn every ten years based on the most recent federal census, take effect for the state election held two years after the federal census, rather than the election four years after the census as under the current system.

2000 - Statewide - 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 two houses on June 9, 1998 (yeas 186 - nays 3); and again on June 28, 2000 (yeas 188 - nays 0)?

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County Blanks Total Votes Cast
Barnstable More »
 
86,909
28,758
6,653
122,320
Berkshire More »
 
36,573
18,703
5,138
60,414
Bristol More »
 
124,909
69,195
19,776
213,880
Dukes More »
 
6,300
1,890
715
8,905
Essex More »
 
204,111
86,887
22,372
313,370
Franklin More »
 
22,255
9,222
2,316
33,793
Hampden More »
 
101,208
56,788
17,316
175,312
Hampshire More »
 
46,113
18,097
5,303
69,513
Middlesex More »
 
457,815
157,509
48,161
663,485
Nantucket More »
 
3,123
1,365
476
4,964
Norfolk More »
 
214,198
84,470
21,323
319,991
Plymouth More »
 
136,667
64,481
12,255
213,403
Suffolk More »
 
137,246
52,112
31,820
221,178
Worcester More »
 
198,851
93,291
21,161
313,303
Totals
1,776,278
742,768
214,785 2,733,831