2008-11-04 State Election Warrant

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH STATE ELECTION WARRANT Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in the State Election to vote at Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Reading Memorial High School - Hawkes Field House - Oakland Road on TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2008, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the following purpose: To cast their votes in the State Election for the candidates for the following offices: ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ..............STATEWIDE SENATOR IN CONGRESS .........FOR THE COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS. ...........SIXTH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIXTH DISTRICT SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT . . . . MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT..TWENTIETH & THIRTIETH DISTRICT REGISTER OF PROBATE . . . . . . . . . . . ........MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT... NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN 6th District 20th Middlesex District 30th Middlesex District All Precincts Precincts 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8 Precincts 2, 3, and 5 QUESTION 1: LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 6, 2008? SUMMARY This proposed law would reduce the state personal income tax rate to 2.65% for all categories of taxable income for the tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2009, and would eliminate. the tax for all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010. The personal income tax applies to income received or gain realized by individuals and married couples, by estates of deceased persons, by certain trustees and other fiduciaries, by persons who are partners in and. receive income from partnerships, by corporate trusts, and by