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Summary of Question 2
This proposed law would implement a voting system known as 'ranked-choice voting,' in which voters rank one or more candidates by order of preference. Ranked-choice voting would be used in primary and general elections for all Massachusetts statewide offices, state legislative offices, federal congressional offices, and certain other offices beginning in 2022. Ranked-choice voting would not be used in elections for president, county commissioner, or regional district school committee member. Under the proposed law, votes would be counted in a series of rounds. In the first round, if one candidate received more than 50 percent of the first-place votes, that candidate would be declared the winner and no other rounds would be necessary. If no candidate received more than 50 percent of the first-place votes, then the candidate or candidates who received the fewest first-place votes would be eliminated and, in the next round, each vote for an eliminated candidate would instead be counted toward the next highest-ranked candidate on that voter's ballot. Depending on the number of candidates, additional rounds of counting could occur, with the last-place candidate or candidates in each round being eliminated and the votes for an eliminated candidate going to the voter's next choice out of the remaining candidates. A tie for last place in any round would be broken by comparing the tied candidates' support in earlier rounds. Ultimately, the candidate who was, out of the remaining candidates, the preference of a majority of voters would be declared the winner. Ranked-choice voting would be used only in races where a single candidate is to be declared the winner and not in races where more than one person is to be elected. Under the proposed law, if no candidate received more than 50 percent of first-place votes in the first round, the rounds of ballot-counting necessary for ranked-choice voting would be conducted at a central tabulation facility. At the facility, voters' rankings would be entered into a computer, which would then be used to calculate the results of each round of the counting process. The proposed law provides that candidates in a statewide or district election would have at least three days to request a recount. The Secretary of State would be required to issue regulations to implement the proposed law and conduct a voter education campaign about the ranked-choice voting process. The proposed law would take effect on January 1, 2022.""

2020 - Middlesex 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 5, 2020?

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Middlesex County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
431,940
387,543
49,864 869,347
Acton More »
 
8,169
5,452
397
14,018
Arlington More »
 
17,724
9,978
1,057
28,759
Ashby
 
691
1,254
87
2,032
Ashland More »
 
4,900
5,226
438
10,564
Ayer More »
 
2,046
2,448
159
4,653
Bedford More »
 
4,608
3,933
361
8,902
Belmont More »
 
8,847
5,833
812
15,492
Billerica More »
 
8,609
15,003
1,166
24,778
Boxborough
 
1,843
1,456
141
3,440
Burlington More »
 
6,071
8,549
811
15,431
Cambridge More »
 
40,117
11,500
3,422
55,039
Carlisle
 
2,095
1,415
160
3,670
Chelmsford More »
 
9,148
12,390
948
22,486
Concord More »
 
7,289
4,573
529
12,391
Dracut More »
 
5,456
10,093
2,478
18,027
Dunstable
 
796
1,229
178
2,203
Everett More »
 
6,565
6,852
1,476
14,893
Framingham More »
 
15,385
15,448
1,402
32,235
Groton More »
 
3,346
3,762
248
7,356
Holliston More »
 
4,261
5,071
335
9,667
Hopkinton More »
 
4,752
5,273
329
10,354
Hudson More »
 
4,806
6,328
519
11,653
Lexington More »
 
11,963
7,274
931
20,168
Lincoln More »
 
2,668
1,431
201
4,300
Littleton More »
 
3,165
3,327
230
6,722
Lowell More »
 
18,307
17,777
2,898
38,982
Malden More »
 
11,652
9,597
4,508
25,757
Marlborough More »
 
8,024
10,271
998
19,293
Maynard More »
 
3,598
2,966
239
6,803
Medford More »
 
16,871
13,442
1,764
32,077
Melrose More »
 
8,507
8,806
1,025
18,338
Natick More »
 
10,745
10,166
1,031
21,942
Newton More »
 
30,415
17,445
2,711
50,571
N. Reading More »
 
3,302
5,937
768
10,007
Pepperell More »
 
2,582
4,546
224
7,352
Reading More »
 
6,958
9,148
1,023
17,129
Sherborn
 
1,501
1,355
135
2,991
Shirley
 
1,475
2,118
124
3,717
Somerville More »
 
30,763
9,776
1,840
42,379
Stoneham More »
 
5,248
8,129
1,059
14,436
Stow More »
 
2,679
2,188
130
4,997
Sudbury More »
 
6,270
5,796
421
12,487
Tewksbury More »
 
6,178
12,420
645
19,243
Townsend More »
 
1,658
3,623
214
5,495
Tyngsborough More »
 
2,752
4,424
428
7,604
Wakefield More »
 
6,193
9,350
1,166
16,709
Waltham More »
 
13,997
13,124
1,954
29,075
Watertown More »
 
11,104
7,259
955
19,318
Wayland More »
 
4,962
4,008
420
9,390
Westford More »
 
7,208
7,666
509
15,383
Weston More »
 
3,542
3,215
383
7,140
Wilmington More »
 
5,165
8,974
777
14,916
Winchester More »
 
6,690
6,427
855
13,972
Woburn More »
 
8,274
12,492
1,845
22,611
County Totals
431,940
387,543
49,864 869,347