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Mass. Candidates Rally Voters in Final Push on Eve of Election Day
Voters are deciding nine citizen initiatives that could reshape registration, housing, marijuana, gun rules and public access to records.
- On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Massachusetts voters cast ballots in midterm elections featuring a record-tying nine ballot questions alongside races for Governor and U.S. Senate.
- Governor Maura Healey defeated Republican Mike Minogue to secure re-election, while Senator Ed Markey won a third term at age 80 in a Democratic stronghold.
- Voters overwhelmingly passed Question 1, expanding public records law access to the Legislature and Governor's office with 86% support, while Question 9 upholding the 2024 gun safety law received 67% approval.
- Question 4 passed with 56.4% support, allowing same-day voter registration starting January 1, 2028, while Question 2 enabled public defenders to collectively bargain for improved wages and working conditions.
- Voters rejected Question 3, which would have replaced party primaries with an all-party system, and Question 5, a revenue cap proposal that 52.1% opposed, reflecting preference for status quo governance.
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Mass. just tackled 9 ballot questions. Here’s where each landed, and what comes next.
Facing nine ballot questions, Bay Staters rejected efforts to throw out existing cannabis and gun laws, and to change an obscure tax cap law. They gave the green light to legislative transparency and Election Day voter registration while waving away a quest to replace party primaries with nonpartisan ones. A new state agency will now be allowed to unionize, and there may be more money for conservation efforts in the next few years.
Which Massachusetts ballot questions passed in 2026?
·East Providence, United States
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Massachusetts voters keep legal marijuana and gun law, add public records, as starter homes question hangs in balance
Nine questions covered records, voting, taxes, marijuana, guns and housing. Here is where each stands in AP results with about 80% of votes counted.
·Arlington, United States
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Leaning Left13Leaning Right1Center16Last UpdatedBias Distribution53% Center
Bias Distribution
- 53% of the sources are Center
53% Center
L 44%
C 53%
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