Massachusetts Question 5 (State Revenue Limit and Rebate) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Recalculate the state tax revenue cap from actual prior-year net revenue plus wage and salary growth, with excess revenue returned to taxpayers
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Recalculate the state tax revenue cap from actual prior-year net revenue plus wage and salary growth, with excess revenue returned to taxpayers
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About this measure
Massachusetts uses an indirect initiative: petitions for statutes or constitutional amendments need signatures equal to 3 percent of the last gubernatorial vote (74,574 for 2026, with no more than a quarter from one county) and go to the Legislature first. If lawmakers decline an initiative statute, sponsors collect a smaller second round (12,429) to force it onto the ballot; amendment petitions instead need support from a quarter of legislators in two successive joint sessions. Questions pass by simple majority, provided yes votes also equal at least 30 percent of all ballots cast.
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