2016 Massachusetts Question 1

none September 2023 Question 1 Massachusetts Authorization of a Second Slots Location Initiative 1240877 1919893 3378801 3402809 300px County results 300px Municipality results 300px Precinct results 1 No #32320C 90–100% 1px #AAAAAA solid #5D5D2D 80–90% 1px #AAAAAA solid #8B8B54 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #BCBC83 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Yes #2B2457 90–100% 1px #AAAAAA solid #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Other #EBEEED Tie 1px #AAAAAA solid Source:http://electionstats.state.ma.us/ballot_questions/search/year_from:1972/year_to:2016 Ballot Questions Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2017-01-12 The Massachusetts Expand Slot Machine Gaming Initiative was a 2016 Massachusetts ballot measure. Also known as Question 1, it was an indirect initiated state statute question that would allow the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to issue an additional license for another slot machine parlor to exist in the state. The referendum question said that the extra slots parlor could only be permitted on a site that was at least 4 acres (1.6 ha) in size and located within 1,500 feet (460 m) of a racecourse.https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele16/ballot_questions_16/quest_1.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160924110811/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele16/ballot_questions_16/quest_1.htm dead September 24, 2016 QUESTION 1: Law Proposed by Initiative Petition 2016-09-23 The only location in the state where this would have applied was Suffolk Downs in East Boston.Ebbert Stephanie https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/10/26/explainer-question-nov-ballot/ocCsN23AehYc6uVc3XH9PP/story.html What would approving another slots parlor mean for Mass.? Boston Globe 2016-10-26 2017-01-12 A "yes" vote would allow a second slots parlor to exist in Massachusetts.Bauter Alison http://patch.com/massachusetts/beaconhill/here-are-massachusetts-ballot-questions-november-2016 Here Are the Massachusetts Ballot Questions for November 2016 Beacon Hill Patch 2016-09-12 2016-09-23 A "no" vote would leave the current number of one slots parlor place. Results The measure was not approved, voting was 57% "no", 37% "yes", and 6% left blank.http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elebalm/balmresults.html#year2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20130120060603/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elebalm/balmresults.html#year2016 dead January 20, 2013 Statewide Ballot Questions — Statistics by Year: 2016 sec.state.ma.us March 10, 2018 References 30em Category:2016 Massachusetts ballot measures Category:2016 elections in Massachusetts Category:Casinos in Massachusetts Category:Gambling ballot measures in the United States