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Massachusetts Constitution Amendments Art. XLVIII, Gen. Prov., Pt. III

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A fair, concise summary, as determined by the attorney general, subject to such provision as may be made by law, of each proposed amendment to the constitution, and each law submitted to the people, shall be printed on the ballot, and the secretary of the commonwealth shall give each question a number and cause such question, except as otherwise authorized herein, to be printed on the ballot in the following form:--

 

 In the case of an amendment to the constitution:

Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment

YES.

to the constitution summarized below, (here state,

in distinctive type, whether approved or disap-

proved by the general court, and by what vote

NO.

thereon)?
(Set forth summary here)

 

 In the case of a law: Do you approve of a law

YES.

summarized below, (here state, in distinctive type,

whether approved or disapproved by the general

court, and by what vote thereon)?

NO.
(Set forth summary here)
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