1966-11-08-State-Election-Warrant

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V • WARRANT FOR STATE ELFCTION Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss . To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, 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 meet in their respective voting places in said Town, ' PRECINCT ONE, HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1966 at 7: 00 o' clock A.M. , to cast their ballots for the following officers: Senator inCbngress; Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Representative in Congress; Councillor; Senator; One Representative in General Court; District Attorney; Register of Probate and Insolvency; One County Commissioner; County Treasurer. VACANCY County Commissioner And to take action on the following questions: QUESTION NO. 1 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 aoint session of the two branches held June 11, 1963, received 228 votes in the affirmative and 29 in the negative, YES and in a joint session of the two branches held May 5, 1965,re- NO ceived 225 votes in the affirmative and 24 in the negative? SUMMARY The proposed amendment provides that at state elections candidates for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor shall be grouped on the official ballot according to the party that they represent and that it shall not be possible to vote for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor except as a partisan group. 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 July 16, 1963, received 169 votes in the affirmative and 100 in the negative, YES and in a joint session of the two branches held May 5, 1965, re- NO ceived 200 votes in the affirmative and 61 in the negative?