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Summary of Question 1
This proposed law would allow local licensing authorities to issue licenses for food stores to sell wine. The proposed law defines a "food store" as a retail vendor, such as a grocery store, supermarket, shop, club, outlet, or warehouse-type seller, that sells food to consumers to be eaten elsewhere (which must include meat, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fresh fruit and produce, and other specified items), and that may sell other items usually found in grocery stores. Holders of licenses to sell wine at food stores could sell wine either on its own or together with any other items they sell. The licensing authorities in any city or town of up to 5000 residents could issue up to 5 licenses for food stores to sell wine. In cities or towns of over 5000 residents, one additional license could be issued for each additional 5000 residents (or fraction of 5000). No person or business could hold more than 10% of the total number of the licenses that could be issued under the proposed law. Such licenses would not be counted when applying the laws that limit the number of other kinds of alcoholic beverage licenses that may be issued or held. Any applicant for a license would have to be approved by the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, and any individual applicant would have to be at least 21 years old and not have been convicted of a felony. In issuing any licenses for food stores to sell wine, local licensing authorities would have to use the same procedures that apply to other licenses for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. Except where the proposed law has different terms, the same laws that apply to issuance, renewal, suspension and termination of licenses for retail sales of alcoholic beverages which are not to be consumed on the seller's premises, and that apply to the operations of holders of such licenses, would govern licenses to sell wine at food stores, and the operation of holders of such licenses. Local authorities could set fees for issuing and renewing such licenses.

2006 - Middlesex County - Question 1Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 3, 2006?

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Middlesex County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
237,908
269,534
31,002 538,444
Acton More »
 
4,048
4,211
452
8,711
Arlington More »
 
9,505
9,745
961
20,211
Ashby
 
638
677
31
1,346
Ashland More »
 
2,793
3,091
196
6,080
Ayer More »
 
1,168
1,112
115
2,395
Bedford More »
 
2,585
2,875
250
5,710
Belmont More »
 
5,057
5,400
582
11,039
Billerica More »
 
5,733
7,374
584
13,691
Boxborough
 
1,011
1,040
40
2,091
Burlington More »
 
3,694
5,616
170
9,480
Cambridge More »
 
17,260
12,638
2,722
32,620
Carlisle
 
1,444
1,140
45
2,629
Chelmsford More »
 
6,787
7,325
660
14,772
Concord More »
 
3,829
4,240
404
8,473
Dracut More »
 
4,731
5,066
566
10,363
Dunstable
 
739
596
27
1,362
Everett More »
 
3,323
5,017
1,474
9,814
Framingham More »
 
8,127
10,767
1,420
20,314
Groton More »
 
2,164
2,167
251
4,582
Holliston More »
 
2,689
3,582
207
6,478
Hopkinton More »
 
2,701
3,051
268
6,020
Hudson More »
 
3,302
3,490
181
6,973
Lexington More »
 
6,619
6,918
609
14,146
Lincoln More »
 
1,479
1,124
161
2,764
Littleton More »
 
1,864
1,920
98
3,882
Lowell More »
 
9,191
10,249
1,908
21,348
Malden More »
 
5,333
7,572
1,234
14,139
Marlborough More »
 
5,226
5,880
756
11,862
Maynard More »
 
1,742
2,479
272
4,493
Medford More »
 
7,690
10,440
1,554
19,684
Melrose More »
 
5,089
6,345
545
11,979
Natick More »
 
5,865
7,315
521
13,701
Newton More »
 
15,876
15,926
2,016
33,818
N. Reading More »
 
2,823
3,164
224
6,211
Pepperell More »
 
2,285
2,050
194
4,529
Reading More »
 
3,646
6,220
382
10,248
Sherborn
 
1,057
1,087
78
2,222
Shirley
 
1,212
1,040
49
2,301
Somerville More »
 
10,762
9,639
1,929
22,330
Stoneham More »
 
3,400
5,353
398
9,151
Stow
 
1,461
1,498
158
3,117
Sudbury More »
 
3,640
3,878
312
7,830
Tewksbury More »
 
4,830
6,335
375
11,540
Townsend More »
 
1,469
1,770
151
3,390
Tyngsborough More »
 
2,232
1,809
304
4,345
Wakefield More »
 
4,169
6,618
301
11,088
Waltham More »
 
6,688
8,267
1,830
16,785
Watertown More »
 
5,282
6,052
805
12,139
Wayland More »
 
2,778
3,297
374
6,449
Westford More »
 
4,850
4,187
290
9,327
Weston More »
 
2,590
2,302
235
5,127
Wilmington More »
 
3,522
4,972
343
8,837
Winchester More »
 
4,669
5,079
313
10,061
Woburn More »
 
5,241
8,529
677
14,447
County Totals
237,908
269,534
31,002 538,444