Massachusetts 2006 ballot measures

Three citizen-initiated measures will appear on the November 7, 2006 ballot in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Constitution can be amended through initiative and state statutes can be proposed through initiative. All three statewide ballot measures that are on the November 2006 ballot by collecting signatures are proposed statutes (not constitutional amendments).

In Massachusetts, after the state determines which initiatives have succeeded in collecting enough signatures to be placed on the ballot, official numbers/names are assigned to each of the successful initiatives. Secretary of State William Galvin has discretion over the order of questions on the ballot. His office announced that they had determined the ballot ordering "based on the perceived relative importance of the proposed laws."

What will be on the November ballot

Number	Initiative Title	Subject	Description	Status
Question 1	Sale of Wine by Food Stores	Alcohol	A law to allow local authorities to license stores selling groceries to sell wine.	Failed
Question 2	Nomination of Candidates for Public Office	Electoral policy	A law to create "more ballot choices" by allowing for fusion voting.	Failed
Question 3	Family Child Care Providers	Child Care	A law to allow home-based family child care providers providing state-subsidized care to bargain collectively with the state government.	Failed