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Summary of Question 2
This proposed law would create a citizens commission to consider and recommend potential amendments to the United States Constitution to establish that corporations do not have the same Constitutional rights as human beings and that campaign contributions and expenditures may be regulated. Any resident of Massachusetts who is a United States citizen would be able to apply for appointment to the 15-member commission, and members would serve without compensation. The Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the state Attorney General, the Speaker of the state House of Representatives, and the President of the state Senate would each appoint three members of the commission and, in making these appointments, would seek to ensure that the commission reflects a range of geographic, political, and demographic backgrounds. The commission would be required to research and take testimony, and then issue a report regarding (1) the impact of political spending in Massachusetts; (2) any limitations on the state's ability to regulate corporations and other entities in light of Supreme Court decisions that allow corporations to assert certain constitutional rights; (3) recommendations for constitutional amendments; (4) an analysis of constitutional amendments introduced to Congress; and (5) recommendations for advancing proposed amendments to the United States Constitution. The commission would be subject to the state Open Meeting Law and Public Records Law. The commission's first report would be due December 31, 2019, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth would be required to deliver the commission's report to the state Legislature, the United States Congress, and the President of the United States. The proposed law states that, if any of its parts were declared invalid, the other parts would stay in effect. The proposed law would take effect on January 1, 2019.""

2018 - Franklin County - Question 2Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 2, 2018?

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Franklin County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
25,827
6,578
1,035 33,440
Ashfield
 
890
139
22
1,051
Bernardston
 
784
226
42
1,052
Buckland
 
773
173
30
976
Charlemont
 
435
128
30
593
Colrain
 
560
167
25
752
Conway
 
922
170
24
1,116
Deerfield
 
2,037
529
87
2,653
Erving
 
448
168
35
651
Gill
 
615
167
15
797
Greenfield More »
 
5,853
1,319
244
7,416
Hawley
 
128
40
4
172
Heath
 
259
94
18
371
Leverett
 
998
130
20
1,148
Leyden
 
332
93
8
433
Monroe
 
29
17
2
48
Montague More »
 
2,873
739
104
3,716
New Salem
 
385
144
6
535
Northfield
 
1,110
338
60
1,508
Orange More »
 
1,746
821
98
2,665
Rowe
 
149
34
13
196
Shelburne
 
807
173
42
1,022
Shutesbury
 
995
125
27
1,147
Sunderland
 
1,270
289
39
1,598
Warwick
 
311
95
12
418
Wendell
 
441
54
14
509
Whately
 
677
206
14
897
County Totals
25,827
6,578
1,035 33,440