Three Ballot Questions Confirmed for Fall Election
The secretary of state approved the three questions on Wednesday
The secretary of state's office Wednesday finalized the questions that will be put on this fall's ballot.
Though four questions had gathered enough signatures and met the deadlines to be placed on the ballot, one regarding teacher evaluation was resolved in the Legislature last month, leaving three for Secretary of State William Galvin to sign. They are:
- A Law for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana: This intiative seeks to legalize the use and cultivation of marijuana as a medical drug. It calls for no penalities for "qualifying patients, physicians and health care professionals, personal caregivers for patients, or medical marijuana treatment center agents for the medical use of marijuana."
- An Act Relative to Death with Dignity: This initiative would allow physicians to prescribe medication to terminally ill patients that would end their lives. The act would require that patients are mentally capable of making this decision and orally communicating it to a doctor on two occasions 15 days apart. Participation by a doctor or health care facility would be voluntary.
- An Act to Protect Motor Vehicle Owners and Small Businesses in Repairing Motor Vehicles: This initiative would require all car manufacturers to provide—on an equitable fair-market value subscription basis—all diagnostic and repair information for model years beginning in 2015 to owners or an owner’s designated in-state independent repair facility (not affiliated with a manufacturer or its authorized dealers). The law would also make available for purchase information for model years 2002 through 2014.
Hunter Brown
4:00 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Easy call, yes, yes and yes.
Chris L.
5:12 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
yes.....not sure....and emphatic yes.
An example for "yes on 3": You buy a used car that has keyless entry as an option, but the dealer only has a "dumb" key when you buy the vehicle. The only place that can program a non-factory key for you is the dealership of that particular manufacturer. In this case, they want to charge $300. $35 for the physical hey, and $265 for the code itself and the "labor", ie 2 or 3 keystrokes, or less than 10 minutes.
A specialized mechanic out in town would be able to to perform the key coding for 1/3 of the price.
vote yes on 3.
James Walsh III
1:12 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
My votes will be: *YES, N O!, and Yes*