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174 State Election - NovernbeA 3, 1970 - Cont. Qmution No. 2. Do you approve o4 the adoption o� an amendment to the conotitution oummari.3ed below, which wan approved by the general Court in a point oeoeion oA the two branchee held Goober 9, 1967, received 237 votee in the a irnwtive and O' in the negative, and jin a joint oeooi.on 04 the two branched held May 14, 1969, ""_i.ved 262 votee in the W-inmative and 4 in the ' RP.gatA.Ve� Ste: The pcopooed amendment to the Conotitation abotLAe.6 the aegruinement that irn order to vote in a otate election a pennon m"t have re- oided within the Commonwealth one yeah. 94 amended, the &&6titretaon would require only that a voter have Aedided Airs months in the town on di.6tuct in a&xA he chino a right to vote. rle6 - 337 No - 105 blarzAe - 96 Queoti.on No. 3. Do you opprove o� the adoption o4 art amendment to the constitution num auacied below, udri ch was approved by the genenalCount in a joint oe66i.on o4 the two b4anche6 held October 9, 1967, received 1712 vote6 in the 96irnmative and 102 voted in the negative, and in a joint 4ea6ion of the two branched held May 14, 1969, received 222 voted in the aryLvnative and 49 in the negative? Sumwrau : The proposed anendment to the Conotitution reduced the muumuu age f_or voting to a State election �Awm twenty-one to nineteen. yen - 269 No - 185 Blanhe - 84 I Queotion No. 4. Do you approve o4 the adoption o4 an amendment to the coneti.tution oummaici,zed below, u i_ch ws.6 approved b the general Court in a joint session o4 the two branched held Yuly 15, 19bd, %ecei.ved 181 voted in the WiAmati.ve and 66 in the negative, and in a joint se64ion o4 the two branched held Me y 15, 1969, aece-ved 208 voted in the a�ve and 54 in the negative. Sw : TAe pnopooed aaendmenf to the Conotitution amends the ezieting con- etitutionat provie%on6 aAich direct the di.vi_oion o4 the Commonwealth into 240 repreeentati ve di.6tricte and 40 oenatorial d4Eetri.ct6. 9t M u. vided 4or a cene6 o4 the inhabi tanto o4 each city and town in the Commonwealth in the year 1971 and in everuy tenth year therea4ter. The ceneue in 1971 ie to be the baoie Pr deterwunurg the repneoen- tati.ve and oenatnrial diot&Zct.e 4on the ten-year period begu' ming aanuany 1, 1975• Cacti 6ub.6equent cemue aha t be the baeee �or determining the diotni.cto 4on each ten -yeah perri_od beginning the Purth Yanuaiuy 4otlowing each cenouo, oo that the cerneue in 1981 will determine the di_otn.icto ad o4 aaruauy, 1985, etc.. The amendment provided that the houoe o� repreoentative6 daU ' coneiet o� two hundred and 4orty members and the oenate o4 4or y members. 9n its 4&°t regular. seeei.on P.Uowing each cen6uo, the " L.egie.lature ehal.l divide the Cormuonwealth into two hundred and Prty "presentative. di.6tricte 04 con iguoud tetU.tO and �ogty oenatoreal dn.otnicto ateo Of cont pint -e te4&Ltary. teh repre6enta- tive diotrict aha t contain, a6 neartry a6 may be, an eiat number o� inhabitants accorduuy to the cerw". Cacti 6enatolual di.otvct ohaU alio contain as neai� a6 may be an e wZ number o4 inhabi,tante according. to the cenoue. A repre_oentative di.etrri.et ohaU not unite two or more counties, towm6, on c.L e6, on parte thereo4, or a city and a toruz, or pante thereo4, in one district unleae the name ie un- avoidable. Further, no tour o4 leoo than nix thousand inhabitants