2012 - 2nd Essex District - Question 7Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress and the President to: (1) prevent cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans benefits, or to housing, food and unemployment assistance; (2) create and protect jobs by investing in manufacturing, schools, housing, renewable energy, transportation and other public services; (3) provide new revenues for these purposes and to reduce the long-term federal deficit by closing corporate tax loopholes, ending offshore tax havens, and raising taxes on incomes over $250,000; and (4) redirect military spending to these domestic needs by reducing the military budget, ending the war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home safely now?

City/Town	Yes	No	Blanks	Total Votes Cast
Boxford More »	1,702	1,254	506	3,462
Georgetown More »	2,918	1,413	616	4,947
Groveland More »	2,368	1,028	606	4,002
Haverhill More »	1,861	744	687	3,292
Merrimac More »	2,145	843	616	3,604
Newbury More »	2,805	1,182	494	4,481
W. Newbury	1,630	791	376	2,797
Totals	15,429	7,255	3,901	26,585

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts