Cumulative Public Policy Question Results

One way of using this Page: 1) write a letter advocating a more rational drug policy.  2) look up the names of your "leaders" using the Secretary of State's "Election Information" tool. 3) Note the name of your District. 4) Then check this page and see if the voters of your District have endorsed the policy you are advocating.   5) If so, point this out.  Emphatically.  (Note, however, that there was a redestricting after the 2000 election.  Some cities and towns might no longer be in the District that voted on a given PPQ.  However it is unlikely that the entire political character of the District will have changed. And remember -- you are writing as a constituent and have slack coming for that reason alone.)




Representative Districts


District Yes No Y/N%* # YR Current Incumbent
Fourth Barnstable 14,315 8,804 62% (5) 2000   Sarah K. Peake (D)
Third Berkshire 10,909 4,173 72% (1) 2004   Christopher Speranzo (D)
First Essex 9,223 5,811 61% (2) 2002   Michael A. Costello (D)
Second Essex 9,658 6,762 60% (2) 2002   Harriett L. Stanley (D)
Fourth Essex 11,481 7,023 62% (2) 2000   Bradford Hill (R)
Eighteenth Essex 8,397 5,681 60% (2) 2002   Barbara A. L’Italien (D)
Second Franklin 5,965 5,471 52% (7) 2002   Christopher J. Donelan (D)
First Hampshire 11,494 8,393 58% (4) 2004   Peter V. Kocot (D)
Sixth Middlesex 9,883 4,781 67% (3) 2000   Pam Richardson (D)
Twenty-Fourth Middlesex 14,551 4,705 76% (1) 2004   William N. Brownsberger (D)
First Norfolk 7,425 5,173 59% (6) 2002   Bruce J. Ayers (D)
Second Norfolk 6,817 4,559 60% (6) 2002   A. Stephen Tobin (D)
Sixth Norfolk 10,791 4,506 71% (1) 2004   William C. Galvin (D)
Seventh Norfolk 8,386 4,820 64% (1) 2006   Walter F. Timilty (D)
Tenth Norfolk 11,568 7,625 60% (2) 2004   James E. Vallee (D)
Twelfth Norfolk 8,538 5,388 61% (6) 2002   John H. Rogers (D)
First Plymouth 9,320 5,863 61% (3) 2006   Viriato M. deMacedo(D)
Third Plymouth 15,215 6,956 69% (3) 2004   Garrett J. Bradley (D)
Fifth Plymouth 9,467 6,339 60% (3) 2002   Robert J. Nyman (D)
Seventh Plymouth 13,784 5,902 70% (1) 2004   Allen J. McCarthy(D)
Twelfth Plymouth 8,862 5,919 60% (3) 2006   Thomas Calter (D)
Second Suffolk 4,227 2,914 59% (3) 2002   Eugene L. O'Flaherty (D)
Fourth Suffolk 4,923 3,907 56% (3) 2002   Brian P. Wallace (D)
Tenth Suffolk 7,734 5,164 59% (3) 2002   Michael F. Rush (D)
Eleventh Suffolk 5,616 2,436 70% (3) 2002   Elizabeth A. Malia (D)
Thirteenth Suffolk 3,672 2,627 57% (3) 2002   Martin J. Walsh (D)
Fourteenth Suffolk 3,944 3,596 52% (3) 2002   Angelo M. Scaccia (D)
Fifteenth Suffolk 6,429 2,423 74% (3) 2002   Jeffrey Sanchez (D)
Seventeenth Suffolk 3,846 1,749 69% (3) 2002   Kevin G. Honan (D)
Eighteenth Suffolk 4,202 2,109 67% (3) 2002   Michael Moran (D)
Second Worcester 6,647 4,783 59% (3) 2002   Robert L. Rice, Jr. (D)
Fifth Worcester 7,409 5,230 59% (3) 2002   Anne M. Gobi (R)
Sixth Worcester 10,005 5,829 63% (3) 2004   Geraldo Alicea (D)
Twelfth Worcester 12,618 6,008 68% (3) 2004   Harold P. Naughton, Jr. (D)
Fourteenth Worcester** 6,717 4,197 61% (5) 2002   James B. Leary (D)
Fourteenth Worcester** 6,298 4,420 59% (3) 2002   James B. Leary (D)
*Calculated as a proportion of all persons actually voting on the questions, i.e., not counting blanks.
**In 2002 The Fourteenth Worcester voted on two questions.


Senate Districts


Second Essex 45,956 26,612 63% (2) 2004   Frederick E. Berry (D)
Third Essex & Middlesex 36,505 19,752 65% (2) 2004   Thomas M. McGee (D)
Second Middlesex 33,403 17,185 66% (8) 2000 Vacant
Third Middlesex 38,187 17,674 68% (5) 2006 Susan C. Fargo
Worcester & Norfolk 48,739 22,611 68% (1) 2004   Richard T. Moore (D)

Total voting yes - 484,791; total voting no - 277,285; Proportion voting yes across the state as a whole - 63.6%. 



Policy Questions


Shall the (Representative or Senator) from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation...

(1)... that would allow seriously ill patients, with their doctor's written recommendation, to possess and grow small amounts of marijuana for their personal medical use?

(2)... making possession of marijuana a civil violation, like a traffic ticket instead of a criminal offense, and requiring police to hold a person under 18 cited for possession until the person is released to a parent or legal guardian or brought before a judge?

(3)... that would make possession of less than one ounce of marijuana a civil violation, subject to a maximum fine of $100 and not subject to any criminal penalties?

(4)... that would allow the state to regulate the taxation, manufacture and sale of marijuana to adults 21 and older provided that outlets are state licensed, do not sell alcohol, and are not within 500 yards of a school?

(5)... that would allow patients with certain diseases, who have a written doctor's recommendation, to possess and grow small amounts of marijuana for their personal use, until such time as the federal government puts into place an effective distribution system for these patients?

(6)... that would make possession of less than one ounce of marijuana a civil violation, subject to a maximum fine of $100 and not subject to any criminal penalties?

(7)... that would allow licensed farmers in Massachusetts to grow cannabis hemp (a crop containing 1% or less THC, the active ingredient in marijuana) for legitimate agricultural and industrial purposes?

(8)... that would make the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana a civil violation, subject to a fine of no more than $100.00. The effect of this proposed legislation would be to amend existing law by repealing all criminal penalties for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.


Results by Cities and Towns

It is hard for anyone not a political junkie to know what these results mean in terms of cities and towns.  Districts are often composed of bits and pieces of several municipalities and redistricting changes the definition of each District from time to time.  There follows a list of cities and towns in which reform has had a electoral presence.  Each municipality is followed by a letter signifying whether the question appeared in a Senatorial or Representative District.  If the letter is followed by a number that number represents the number of Districts (S or R) in that town in which citizens voted on Public Policy Questions. If the letter has no number that means the entire municipality voted for reform.

Abington (R), Amesbury (R), Andover (R1), Arlington (R1), Ashburnham (R), Ashby (R), Athol (R), Avon (R), Barre (R), Bellingham (S), Belmont (R1), Beverly (S), Blackstone (S), Boston (R9), Boxford (R2), Boylston (R), Brookfield (R), Brookline (R3), Cambridge(R1), Canton (R), Charleton (R), Chatham (R), Clinton (R), Cohasset (R), Danvers (S), Douglas (S), Dudley (S), Duxbury (R2), East Bridgwater (R), East Brookfield (R), Eastham (R), Erving (R), Framingham (R1), Franklin (R), Gardner (R), Georgetown (R2), Gill (R), Groveland (R), Halifax (R1), Hamilton (R), Hanover (R), Hardwick (R), Harwich (R), Hatfield (R), Haverhill (R2), Hingham (R), Hopedale (S), Hull (R), Ipswich(R), Kingston (R), Lancaster (R1), Lynn (S), Manchester-by-the-Sea (R), Marblehead (S),  Medford (S), Medway (R1), Melrose (S1), Mendon (S), Methuen (R1), Middleborough (R2), Middleton (R1), Milford (S), Milton (R9), Milville (S), Montgomery (R), Nahant (S), New Braintree (R), Newburyport (R), North Andover (R1), North Brookfield (R), Northborough (R), Northhampton (R), Northridge (S), Norwell (R), Orange (R), Orleans (R), Oxford (R1,S), Peabody (S), Petersham (R), Phillipston (R), Pittsfield (R1), Plymouth (R), Plympton (R), Provincetown (R), Quincy (R2), Randolph (R6), Rockland (R), Royalston (R), Salem (S), Salisbury (R), Saugus (S1), Scituate (R1), Somerville (S1), Southbridge (R,S), Southhampton (R), Spencer (R2), Sterling (R1), Stoughton (R1), Sutton (S), Swampscott (S), Templeton (R), Topsfield (S), Truro (R), Uxbridge (S), Ware (R), Warwick (R), Webster (S), Wellfleet (R), Wenham (R), West Boylston (R), West Brookfield (R), Westhampton (R), Whitman (R), Winchendon (R), Woburn (S1), Worcester (R1).

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