"Massachusetts voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have reduced the amount of land required to build a single-family home here, the Associated Press projected, dealing a sharp blow to housing advocates who had hoped the measure would boost the construction of so-called starter homes and make homeownership more accessible to working- and middle-class families.
While the final tally was still pending as of Friday afternoon, the AP called the vote, with 50.7 percent of votes cast against Question 7 and 99 percent of the vote reported."
Continue reading the GLobe article - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/06/elections/massachusetts-question-7-result/?s_campaign=sharetool_copypaste_view
Note: per our converssation with Franklin's Town Clerk Nancy Danello, Offical vote totals will be validated by Nov 18, 2026 to submit to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Hence official statewide totals would be available after the Secretray does the compliation.
Also of Note: the Globe totals excluded the 497 "blank" ballots (folks who did not vote for this particular question). (Q9 got the least amount of "blank" ballots at 145, followed closely by Q8 at 147. All totals are "unofficial" per the Town Clerk) (Q5 got the most "blanks" at 617).
