1968-11-05-State-Election-Warrant

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-2- QUESTION NO. 2 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 a joint session of the two branches held August 30, 1966, received 188 votes in the affirmative and 1.6 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 10, 1967, received 171.E votes in the Yes affirmative and 78 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment of the Constitution authorizes the Legislature to impose an income tax graduated accord- ing to total income, and authorizes the granting of reasonable exemptions, deductions and abatements, as an alternative to the exercise of the Legislature ' s existing power to tax income under Article 111 of the Amendments to the Constitution. Without limiting the foregoing author- ization, the proposed amendment permits any such tax to be imposed at a uniform percentage of an individual' s federal income tax liability or at graduated rates applied to his total income taxable federally, and it permits reasonable variations of any federal provision. It requires that the graduated rates, exemptions, and deductions be set without regard to the kind of income being taxed. QUESTION NO. 3 PROPOSED AMENDPirNT 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 a joint session of the two branches held July 20, 1966, received 225 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 15, 1967, received 210 votes in the Yes affirmative and 2 in the negative? No SUMMARY The proposed amendment of the Constitution defines the circumstances in which a Governor' s inability to perform his functions shall cause his office to become vacant, and it establishes a procedure for making the necessary determinations . The office will become vacant following a declaration of disability by the Governor himself or by the Chief Justice and a majority of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, or such other body as the Legislature may provide. The vacancy will terminate four days after the Governor de- clares that no disability exists, unless ( 1) within that period the Chief Justice and majority of the Associate Justices, or such other body provided by the Legislature, should make a contrary declaration and (2) within another stated period the Legislature, by two-thirds of each branch present and voting, then determines the issue contrary to the Governor' s declaration.