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Home My WebLink About1978-11-07 State Election Warrantgo THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To: The Constables of the Town of Reading, GREETING: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in elections to vote at the polling places listed below on TUESDAY, the SEVENTH DAY of NOVEMBER, 1978 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., for the following purposes: To cast their votes in the State Election for the Election of Candidates for the following offices: SENATOR IN CONGRESS for this Commonwealth GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR for this Commonwealth ATTORNEY GENERAL for this Commonwealth SECRETARY for this Commonwealth TREASURER for this Commonwealth AUDITOR for this Commonwealth REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for Seventh Congressional District COUNCILLOR for Fifth Councillor District - Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 for Sixth Councillor District, Precincts 3, 4 and 5 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT for First Essex and Middlesex Senatorial District Precincts 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 for Third Middlesex Senatorial District - Precincts3. 4 and 5 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT for Twenty -first Middlesex Representative District DISTRICT ATTORNEY for Northern District REGISTER OF PROBATE & INSOLVENCY for Middlesex County COUNTY COMMISSIONER for Middlesex County COUNTY TREASURER for Middlesex County Also to vote YES or NO to the following questions: QUESTION 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by theGeneral Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on May 28, 1975, by a vote of 220 -53, and on September 7, 1977, by a vote of 243 -20? YES NO SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would permit the legislature to establish as many as four different classes of real property for tax purposes. Property in any one class would be required to be assessed, rated and taxed proportionately but property in different classes could be assessed, rated and taxed differently. The legislature could grant reasonable exemptions. The constitution presently requires all property (other than wild lands,forest lands, and certain agricultural and horticultural lands) to be assessed and rated equally at full value for tax purposes. 8�. State Election Warrant November 7, 1978 QUESTION 2 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to theConstitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on May 28, 1975, by a vote of 267 -3 and on August 10, 1977, by a vote of 250 -1? YES NO SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would allow a governor who had not served in the preceding year as governor to submit a proposed budget to the legislature within eight weeks of the beginning of the legislative session. A governor who had served in the preceding year would still be required to submit a proposed budget within three weeks of the beginning of a legislative session. QUESTION 3 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on June 26, 1976, by a vote of 244 -6, and on August 10, 1977, by a vote of 253 -1? YES NO SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would require the Secretary of the Commonwealth to send information about questions that will appear on the state election ballot to each person eligible to vote in the Commonwealth, or to every residence in the Commonwealth where one or more eligible voters live. Presently, theConstitution requires theSecretary to send this information to each registered voter in the Commonwealth. QUESTION 4 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on May 26, 1976, by a vote of 266 -0, and on August 10, 1977, by a vote of 258 -0? YES NO SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would require that in the taking of the state census, residence be determined in accordance with the standards used by the United States when taking the federal census. Under the federal standards, residence is based upon where a person spends most of his or her time whereas under present state standards residence is based upon legal domicile. The standards would be subject to any exceptions which the legislature might enact. QUESTION 5 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on May 26, 1976, by a vote of 260 -1, and on August 10, 1977, by a vote of 255 -0? YES NO SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would allow a local charter commission 18 months after its election to prepare a charter or charter revision for submission to the voters of a city or town. Presently, the constitution provides that the charter or charter revision be prepared within 10 months of the election of the charter commission. QUESTION 6 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on June 11, 1975, by a vote of 175 -73, and on September 7, 1977, by a vote of 173 -90? 90 State Election SUMMARY November 7, 1978 YES NO The proposed constitutional amendment would provide that a student could neither be assigned to nor denied admittance to a public school on the basis of race, color, national origin or creed. QUESTION 7 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to theConstitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in joint sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate on August 11, 1976, by a vote of 248 -5, and on May 24, 1978, by a vote of 257 -0? YES NO SUMMARY The proposed constitutional amendment would give the legislature the power to establish a different method of property taxation for land which is used for recreational purposes and for land preserved in its natural state. It would add these two categories to the existing constitutional provision which allows the legislature to tax wild and forest land differently. The amendment's stated purpose is to develop and conserve natural resources and the environmental benefits of recreational land. QUESTION 8 THIS QUESTION IS NON - BINDING "Shall the Senator from this District be instructed to vote to approve the passage of a bill requiring the reduction and limitation of local property taxes by substituting revenue from state taxes, and providing that all state and local taxes combined shall not take a larger percentage of the total personal income in Massachusetts than the average percentage taken in the three year period immediately preceding approval ?" POLLING PLACES Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School Precinct 2 J. Warren Killam School Precinct 3 Joshua Eaton School Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School Precinct 5 Community Center Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School Precinct 7 Highland School Precinct 8 Memorial High School The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting to the Town Clerk. Given under our hands this 16th day of October, A.D., 1978. A True Copy. ATTEST: Sally_M_Hoyt Constable (s) Frank A. Smith, Jr. Jr Marvin M. Rosenthal Selectmen of Reading COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on October 20 , 1978, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1. Convenient Food Mart, 1349 MainStreet Old Hose House, 1249 Main Street St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street Precinct 2. Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street First National Store, 275 Salem Street Anton Cleaners, 47 Harnden Street Precinct 3. Friendly Variety Store, 245 Washington Street Reading Liquors, 345 Main Street Wayside Bazaar, 107 Main Street Precinct 4. Hanson's Service Station, 4 West Street Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street Precinct 5. Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street B & M Railroad Station, High Street Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 6. Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D. Tanner Drive Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7. Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow Street Weston's Greenhouses, 9 Auburn Street Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 8. Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road Arthur W.Coolidge Jr.HighSchool, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting being not less than fourteen days prior to November 7, 1978, the date set for the meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of October 18, 1978. (s) Sally Hoyt Constable of Reading