Massachusetts ballot measures, 2012

Elections in Massachusetts
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Ballot measures 1980 Proposition 2½ 2002 English Language Education in Public Schools 2008 Greyhound Protection Sensible Marijuana Policy State Income Tax Repeal 2010 No Sales Tax for Alcohol Sales Tax Relief Comprehensive Permits and Regional Planning 2012 Right to Repair vehicle at non dealer Physician Assisted Suicide Medical Marijuana policy 2014 repeals automatic gas tax increases already signed into law Expands the state’s beverage container recycling law to include all non-alcoholic containers Repeals a 2011 law allowing resort casinos Entitles certain employees to earn and utilize paid sick days
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Three citizen-initiated measures were voted upon in the 2012 Massachusetts general election: a Right to Repair initiave, a proposal to allow physician-assisted suicide, and a measure to legalize medical marijuana.^[1] The Right to Repair initiative, which was to require open access to vehicle diagnostic and repair information, passed overwhelmingly, with 86% support.^[2] The measure to allow physician-assisted suicide failed by a narrow margin, with 51% opposed.^[3] The proposal to legalize medical marijuana passed with 63% of voter support.^[4]

The Massachusetts Constitution can be amended through initiative and state statutes can be proposed through initiative. All three statewide ballot measures that were on the November 2012 ballot by collecting signatures are proposed statutes (not constitutional amendments).

In Massachusetts, after the state determines which initiatives have succeeded in collecting enough signatures to be placed on the ballot, official numbers/names are assigned to each of the successful initiatives. Secretary of State William F. Galvin has discretion over the order of questions on the ballot. His office announced that they had determined the ballot ordering "based on the perceived relative importance of the proposed laws."

Binding statewide questions

Local questions

A number of local non-binding questions are also on the ballot.

External links

• Massachusetts Elections Division
• I&R Institute, Historical Listing of Massachusetts's initiatives
• List of current petitions filed in Massachusetts from the Attorney General's office.

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