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