Question you vote on
Should the state auditor explicitly be allowed to audit the legislature?
Last activity November 5, 2024 (almost 2 years ago)
Voters approved it
Voted on November 5, 2024
- Yes 66%
- No 26%
- Left blank 8%
Shares of every ballot cast, so the blanks are voters who skipped the question.
Voters approved a proposal to state explicitly that the Massachusetts state auditor may audit the legislature. The question concerned the auditor’s authority; it did not ask voters to approve a particular audit or its findings.
What the two answers meant
Yes
This is what voters chose
A yes vote put into law that the state auditor may audit the legislature.
No
A no vote would have left the auditor’s authority as it stood.
How it got here
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Filed
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Certified
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Before the legislature
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On the ballot
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Approved by voters
What was on the ballot
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives before May 1, 2024?
This proposed law would specify that the State Auditor has the authority to audit the Legislature.
Officially titled "State Auditor’s Authority to Audit the Legislature"