Civics Lesson: Constitutional Amendments and Non-Binding Resolutions

QUESTION NO. 2

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

The proposed amendment would authorize the Legislature to substitute the present system of flat or uniform personal income tax rates with a series of rates graduated according to the total amount of income earned...

QUESTION NO. 8

THE QUESTION IS NOT BINDING

The Legislature has placed this question on the ballot in order to determine whether the people favor or oppose the construction of an oil refinery and deep water port in Massachusetts...

QUESTION NO. 5

LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

The proposed legislation would prohibit the possession, ownership, or sale of any weapon from which a shot or bullet can be discharged and which has a barrel length of less than sixteen inches...

QUESTION NO. 1

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

The proposed amendment would provide that equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of sex, race, color, creed or origin...