Get Educated
- From the MA Secretary of State, a pdf guide to the 2020 elections. Information for Voters
- Your Guide to Massachusetts’ 2020 Ballot Questions by Mary Markos at NBCBoston.com
- Video – Mass. Ballot Question 2 Explained: What You Need to Know About Ranked-Choice Voting from WBUR.org
- Massachusetts ballot question 2: Ranked-choice voting, explained by MassLive.com
- Making sense of Question 1, the return of the Massachusetts right-to-repair debate by Boston.com
Question 1 – “Right to Repair Law” Vehicle Data Access Requirement
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A “yes” vote supports requiring manufacturers that sell vehicles with telematics systems in Massachusetts to equip them with a standardized open data platform beginning with model year 2022 that vehicle owners and independent repair facilities may access to retrieve mechanical data and run diagnostics through a mobile-based application
A “no” vote opposes requiring vehicles beginning with model year 2022 to be equipped with a standardized open data platform that vehicle owners and independent repair facilities may access to retrieve mechanical data and run diagnostics through a mobile-based application, thereby maintaining that vehicle owners and independent repair facilities may access mechanical and diagnostic data through a personal computer.
Question 2 – Ranked-Choice Voting
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A “yes” vote supports enacting ranked-choice voting (RCV) for primary and general elections for state executive officials, state legislators, federal congressional and senate seats, and certain county offices beginning in 2022.
A “no” vote opposes changing the existing plurality voting system to ranked-choice voting for primary and general elections for state executive officials, state legislators, federal congressional and senate seats, and county offices.