Sunday, May 27, 2007

MA Override Results: Tally to date

The Boston Globe Override Central published the updated results on the various overrides around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I downloaded the Excel spreadsheet and sorted by Result, then by declining Amount to show the following:


Scheduled Proposition 2 1/2 override votes




(updated 5/25)














Community Date Amount Result


15 SAUGUS 24-Apr $5,200,000 LOST


20 SHREWSBURY 1-May $5,000,000 LOST


5 RANDOLPH 27-Mar $4,100,000 LOST


1 CANTON 23-Jan $3,950,000 LOST


6 WALPOLE 31-Mar $3,900,000 LOST


42 WEST BOYLSTON 24-May $3,100,000 LOST


18 AMHERST 1-May $2,500,000 LOST


30 ASHLAND 15-May $1,998,111 LOST


41 NEWBURYPORT 22-May $1,580,000 LOST


31 DENNIS 15-May $1,348,150 LOST


10 EAST BRIDGEWATER 7-Apr $1,250,000 LOST


28 GEORGETOWN 14-May $1,061,822 LOST


39 GROTON 22-May $937,570 LOST


25 ROCKPORT 8-May $781,576 LOST


8 DARTMOUTH 3-Apr $750,000 LOST


29 SOUTHBOROUGH 14-May $696,000 LOST


13 ROCKLAND 14-Apr $675,000 LOST


27 RUTLAND 14-May $500,000 LOST


19 YARMOUTH 1-May $499,094 LOST


36 GILL 21-May $300,000 LOST


38 OTIS 22-May $150,000 LOST


21 TOPSFIELD 3-May $78,277 LOST


37 DUNSTABLE 21-May $675,336 LOST*


7 SCITUATE 31-Mar $3,341,729 SPLIT


14 TISBURY 24-Apr $491,081 SPLIT


32 SHARON 15-May $2,900,000 WON


16 WESTWOOD 24-Apr $2,780,000 WON


40 FRANKLIN 22-May $2,700,000 WON


3 SUDBURY 26-Mar $2,500,000 WON


11 KINGSTON 9-Apr $1,600,000 WON


2 WINCHESTER 13-Mar $1,300,000 WON


12 NEEDHAM 10-Apr $1,128,670 WON


9 HARVARD 3-Apr $763,000 WON


24 ROWLEY 8-May $590,000 WON


34 HAMILTON 17-May $461,703 WON


33 BOXFORD 15-May $401,926 WON


4 LINCOLN 26-Mar $350,000 WON


23 SALISBURY 8-May $350,000 WON


26 CARLISLE 8-May $245,000 WON


35 WENHAM 17-May $154,817 WON


22 MERRIMAC 7-May $77,700 WON


17 MARSHFIELD 28-Apr $2,000,000 WON*


43 MIDDLEBOROUGH 2-Jun $2,584,000



44 MEDFIELD 4-Jun $524,000



45 LEXINGTON 5-Jun $3,900,000



46 NORTH READING 5-Jun $3,900,000



47 MONSON 11-Jun $611,472



48 ASHBURNHAM 12-Jun $498,603



49 WESTMINSTER 12-Jun $729,309



50 BRIDGEWATER 16-Jun $2,871,093



51 STONEHAM 19-Jun $3,000,000



52 NORTH ANDOVER 19-Jun $1,650,000



53 MENDON 19-Jun $424,219



54 NORTON 26-Jun $996,177












Average request






$1,608,434














*List does not include scheduled votes for debt-exclusion or capital-exclusion overrides.

*List may not be exhaustive as towns are not required to report when they schedule a vote.

Sources: Globe research, Massachusetts Municipal Association, municipal websites








For information sake. There are more "No" than "Yes". The reasons for and against each vote vary. Shrewsbury for example, failed to pass their override which would have put $3 million of the $5 million total into their "savings" or "rainy day" fund.

Franklin passed what is currently the 3rd largest override but that still doesn't provide for level services compared to what Franklin received last year.

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