Help Get Me Started!
Endorsements

Races
Governor/Lt. Governor
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
Attorney General
Treasurer
Sec. of State
Auditor
Governor's Council
State Senate
State Rep
County Commissioners
County Clerk
Ballot Questions
Local questions
  Comty. Preserv. Act
  Marijuana use
  Iraq pullout
  Rockland overrides

Local ballot questions

Several communities have local questions on the Nov. 7 ballot. They include:

Community Preservation Act
Read our stories

The Community Preservation Act, enacted by the Legislature in 2000, allows cities and towns to impose a property tax surcharge for land and historical preservation and the creation of affordable housing. Voters will decide if they want to adopt or repeal the tax.

The ballot asks residents to:

Repeal: Hingham
Adopt: Canton, Hull, Pembroke, Quincy, Rochester, Stoughton

Marijuana laws
Read our stories

Residents will be asked to vote on a non-binding policy question relating to marijuana use:

The ballot asks residents to:

Decriminalize small amounts: Plymouth, Kingston, Plympton, Duxbury precincts 1 and 6, Halifax precinct 1 and Middleboro precincts 1 and 5.
Allow medicinal use: Milton precincts 2 and 5-19, Randolph precincts 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8

Iraq pullout
Read our stories

A non-binding question asks the United States to stop the war and bring the troops home in:

Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Scituate precinct 3, Bridgewater, Easton precinct 6 and Raynham

Rockland overrides
Read our stories

Proposed tax increases if town approves these Proposition 2½ overrides:

• $1.3 million to maintain town services. The owner of a home valued at $350,000 would pay an extra $228 in taxes per year.
• Two $250,000 increases, one to pay for a study to build a new middle school and the other to repair the library’s leaky roof. The same homeowner will pay an extra $46 for a single year if one passes and $91 if both pass.