2016-11-08-State-Election-Warrant

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH WARRANT FOR 2016 STATE ELECTION Middlesex, ss. To the Constables of the Town of Lexington GREETINGS: In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington who are qualified to vote in the State Election to vote at: PRECINCT ONE, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING; PRECINCT TWO, BOWMAN SCHOOL, PRECINCT THREE, LEXINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER, PRECINCT FOUR, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING;PRECINCT FIVE, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING; PRECINCT SIX, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT SEVEN, ESTABROOK SCHOOL, PRECINCT EIGHT, SAMUEL HADLEY PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING; PRECINCT NINE, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on TUESDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,2016 from 7.00 A.M.to 8:00 P.M. for the following purpose: To cast their votes in the State Primaries for the candidates of political parties for the following offices: ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FIFTH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR THIRD DISTRICT SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT (precincts 1,2,4-7) FOURTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT (precincts 3,8,9) THIRD MIDDLESEX DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FIFTEENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT SHERIFF MIDDLESEX COUNTY QUESTION 1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 3,2016? SUMMARY This proposed law would allow the state Gaming Commission to issue one additional category 2 license,which would permit operation of a gaming establishment with no table games and not more than 1,250 slot machines. The proposed law would authorize the Commission to request applications for the additional license to be granted to a gaming establishment located on property that is(i)at least four acres in size; (ii)adjacent to and within 1,500 feet of a race track, including the track's additional facilities, such as the track, grounds, paddocks, barns, auditorium, amphitheatre, and bleachers; (iii)where a horse racing meeting may physically be held; (iv)where a horse racing meeting shall have been hosted; and (v)not separated from the race track by a highway or railway A YES VOTE would permit the state Gaming Commission to license one additional slot-machine gaming establishment at a location that meets certain conditions specified in the law A NO VOTE would make no change in current laws regarding gaming.