2026-1472026-147 — Warrant for Nov 3, 2026 State Election
2026-147 · POLICY · 2026
WARRANT FOR 2026 STATE ELECTION
Voters will decide statewide offices and nine initiative questions on November 3, 2026, with Amesbury High School as the polling place. Ballot measures address government transparency, labor rights, election structure, voter registration, taxes, natural resources funding, housing, marijuana, and firearms.
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This document is the formal warrant directing Amesbury residents to vote in the 2026 state election, listing polling details and offices to be filled. It also presents nine statewide ballot questions proposed by initiative petitions covering public records access, CPC collective bargaining, a top-two all-party primary, Election Day registration, a new state revenue limit, the Nature for All Fund, residential zoning changes, marijuana policy, and firearms law referendum. These measures, if passed, would bring wide-ranging reforms to government openness, labor rights, elections, fiscal policy, environmental funding, housing, and public safety.
Key provisions
§1 Public records: Most Legislature/Governor records would be public; exemptions for policy development and constituent communications.
§2 CPCS employees may form a union; after bargaining, CPCS to request funding from the Governor.
§3 End party primaries; all-party primary; top two advance; governor/lieutenant governor listed jointly in the primary.
§4 Nature for All Fund: 50% of certain taxes in year 1; 100% after 2028; board, reporting, and environmental conservation use.