{"id":122793,"date":"2024-11-06T18:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122793"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T11:16:46","slug":"yes-on-1-and-more-results-for-the-2024-massachusetts-ballot-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122793","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Yes\u2019 on 1 and more results for the 2024 Massachusetts ballot questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As the clock struck 4 a.m. Wednesday, four of the five Massachusetts ballot questions had been called by the Associated Press. <\/p>\n<p>On Question 1, voters opted to grant the state auditor the power to audit the state Legislature. <\/p>\n<p>On Question 2, voters said \u201cyes\u201d to eliminating the MCAS exam as a standard graduation requirement for Mass. students.<\/p>\n<p>On Question 4, voters elected to keep psychedelic substances illegal throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>On Question 5, voters decided against increasing the state\u2019s tipped wage. <\/p>\n<p>The Question 3 race, which will decide whether rideshare drivers at companies like Uber and Lyft can unionize, was leaning toward a \u201cyes\u201d vote but had not yet been called.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ap-embed\" title=\"Live election results via the Associated Press\" src=\"https:\/\/interactives.ap.org\/election-results\/customers\/layouts\/organization-layouts\/published\/60951\/18312.html\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading heading-6\">Question 1<\/h4>\n<p>Massachusetts voters decidedly asked for more transparency in the state\u2019s notoriously opaque legislative process Tuesday. With more than half of votes counted, the campaign to let the state auditor audit the Legislature led with 71% of the vote late Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Question 1 gives the state auditor \u2014 who is currently Diana DiZoglio \u2014 the ability to audit the state Legislature. The auditor has the ability to audit every other state entity, but the Legislature has refused to be audited. State Attorney General Andrea Campbell ruled last year that, under current law, DiZoglio can\u2019t audit the Legislature without its consent. So DiZoglio set about to change the law here, and she\u2019s succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>DiZoglio is a former state lawmaker herself, and she campaigned on this issue when she was running for auditor. She addressed supporters Tuesday evening, telling them when they come together, there\u2019s power there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPower to demand access, transparency, equity and accountability from our government,\u201d she said. \u201cPower to know how our taxpayer money is being spent by those we elect to represent us. Power to ensure that the sunshine is beaming throughout every hall of state government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers have argued that, since the auditor is an executive branch official, allowing her to conduct an audit without the Legislature\u2019s consent would violate the separation of powers.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like voters weren\u2019t too worried about that. But even with the passage of this ballot question, this is an issue that experts say could still wind up in court.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Jeremy Paul of the Northeastern University School of Law said Tuesday night that the state auditor plans to go far beyond just checking the books, to examine internal deliberations of the legislature like how it was decided who was going to serve on certain committees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the concern that I have about it \u2014 and ultimately I think it\u2019s going to end up in the courts \u2013 is that when you put an independent official over and above the legislature, they\u2019re going to be looking over their shoulder. \u2018If I do something that the auditor doesn\u2019t like, she\u2019s suddenly going to come down on me with a massive document request and interfere with my ability to do my job.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading heading-6\">Question 2<\/h4>\n<p>The campaign behind ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/politics\/2024-09-26\/question-2-both-sides-on-whether-to-eliminate-mcas-as-a-mass-graduation-requirement\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" data-external=\"\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        question 2<\/a> to eliminate the tenth-grade MCAS exam as a graduation requirement was approved by voters early Wednesday morning. Massachusetts is now one of the few states without a common graduation standard.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Teachers Association Vice President Deb McCarthy addressed supporters Tuesday night ahead of the union\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to defend our win and we are not going to let anybody take it away from us. The people have spoken and we are going to be united, protecting the winning question two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Teachers Association President Max Page says the union\u2019s members, volunteers and their canvassing efforts are to thank for the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about where it started last summer, and then gathering an unprecedented number of signatures, 130,000 in the fall, another 40,000 in the spring. Incredible, incredible sign of the support. And now we\u2019re seeing it in the way people are voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The change means that school districts across the state can now set their own criteria for graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Page says the measure will go into effect immediately. This means that passing the MCAS will not be a graduation requirement for high school students this spring.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading heading-6\">Question 3<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/politics\/2024-10-25\/question-3-explaining-the-push-to-let-rideshare-drivers-unionize\" class=\"Link\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><br \/>\n        Question 3<\/a> would allow rideshare drivers at companies like Uber and Lyft to form unions and push for better wages and working conditions. Several unions like Local 32BJ are supporters of the measure. Some opponents say it could increase the cost of rides. This measure would not apply to other gig workers like DoorDash and InstaCart.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading heading-6\">Question 4<\/h4>\n<p>The campaign behind ballot question 4 to legalize psychedelic substances conceded defeat Tuesday night, but the Associated Press has not yet called the race. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spoke to tens of thousands of Massachusetts voters and heard broad agreement that natural psychedelics should be more accessible to those who cannot find relief through traditional medication and therapy,\u201d Aayush Bajpai of the \u201cYes on 4\u201d campaign wrote in a statement Tuesday. \u201c[W]e have made hugely important strides on this issue of psychedelic therapy, and we will keep fighting to find new pathways for all those who struggle with their mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Imani Turnbull Brown said regardless of how other efforts move forward, she hopes the leaders of the psychedelics movement will consider factors like racial history and culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still continuing on with where we want to do, which is education, harm reduction, all of those things for marginalized groups,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just want to make sure that people are going to be informed.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading heading-6\">Question 5<\/h4>\n<p>Opponents of a statewide ballot measure to raise minimum wage for tipped workers in Massachusetts have declared victory. With more than 70% of votes counted, the Associated Press called the race for the \u201cno\u201d side at 12:41 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would have gradually raised the minimum wage of tipped workers in the commonwealth from the current rate of $6.75 an hour to the regular minimum wage of $15. With the \u201cno\u201d win, the state\u2019s tipped wage will remain $6.75 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe keep the power in the hands of individual servers and bartenders who work tirelessly day after day to service guests across the Commonwealth to the best of their abilities,\u201d Nancy Caswell, treasurer of Massachusetts Restaurants United, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Rosario, who has worked in the service industry for half a decade, campaigned for a \u201cyes\u201d vote. Despite the loss, he says their fight isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, we try again,\u201d Rosario said. \u201cWe\u2019re not giving up. Even if it\u2019s 10 years, 20 years after, we\u2019re still going to try, and it doesn\u2019t stop here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The measure faced staunch opposition from restaurants who argued that raising the minimum wage would hurt businesses and could lead to closures.<\/p>\n<p>Saru Jayaraman is the co-founder and president of One Fair Wage, which organized the \u201cYes on 5\u201d campaign. She said even with the measure failing, she\u2019s proud of the work her group did to raise awareness about the sub-minimum wage tipped workers are paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat this campaign did, regardless of tonight\u2019s outcome, is that it actually elevated the issue so that so many people in Massachusetts are aware that there is a sub-minimum wage,\u201d she said. \u201cThe opposition poured millions of dollars into spreading misinformation as they always do, but they actually kind of helped us, because in many ways it was millions of dollars of free advertising to let people in Massachusetts know there is this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"ListN List \">\n<h5 class=\"heading heading-caps\">Read up on Massachusetts\u2019 ballot questions<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Prior reporting by GBH News\u2019 Meghan Smith was used in this story.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '1721350727888295',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/politics\/2024-11-05\/yes-on-1-and-more-results-for-the-2024-massachusetts-ballot-questions\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the clock struck 4 a.m. Wednesday, four of the five Massachusetts ballot questions had been called by the Associated Press. 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